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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 11:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | another article on the horrors of the Government shutdown. Still have not found anything all that upsetting to what I consider the average person. [link to www.businessinsider.com] I'm especially happy that meat inspectors will stay on the job. |
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Saddletramp User ID: 740874 Puerto Rico 09/30/2013 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Governmental shutdowns are bullshit, they never amount to anything! "And how can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods..." ~ Horatius "Because he told the truth, and once you've heard the truth, everything else is just cheap whiskey..." "We don't rent pigs!" |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More Horror! [link to thehill.com] Nearly three quarters of White House employees would be furloughed during a government shutdown, according to a contingency plan created by the administration. According to a letter prepared for the Office of Management and Budget, some 1,265 White House employees would be sent home if lawmakers are unable to strike an agreement Monday to keep the government open. Approximately 436 presidential staffers would be designated as exempt and continue working despite a shutdown. Exempted employees would include 129 in the White House office, as well as 15 members to provide for the care and maintenance of the executive mansion itself. Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, would keep aboard 12 staff members and one additional person to tend to his residence at the Naval Observatory. But other offices — including the National Security Staff — would maintain bigger presences despite the possible shutdown. The NSS is expected to ask 42 employees to keep coming to work... The Office of National Drug Control Policy would keep eight staffers, while the Office of Science and Technology Policy would have just 7 to provide the president with any emergency scientific or technical advice. The letter did not detail whether unpaid interns would continue coming to work during a shutdown, although they did continue to staff the White House during a shutdodwn in the 1990s. END. Nota Bene : My comment - Yes, remember the Intern activity of the Clinton shutdown? Whoohooo ....pizza parties.....pass the cigars...or something... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tedious and long article, 66 points Q & A, but still no direct affect on the average person. here are a few of note: 21. What about campers already in the parks? They will be given two days to leave 49. I'm being audited by the IRS. Would a shutdown affect me? Yes. The IRS will suspend all audit activities. ESPECIALLY EGREGIOUS - 57. Would Congress continue to be paid during a shutdown? Yes. The 27th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1992, holds that "No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened." Intended to prevent Congress from voting itself a raise, it also protects members from a pay cut. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 01:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | True. Isn't that the point? I take amusement in reading all this info and seeing just how many people in the Government can be considered NON ESSENTIAL. Maybe that is what it amounts to. An admission of non essential. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 02:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to nationalreview.com] /359908/not-actually-shutdown-hans-von-spakoovsky Not Actually a Shutdown: So little changes that DOJ says it’s “an entirely inaccurate description.” The hysterical fears about the effects of a government “shutdown” being voiced by many in Washington, such as Senator Tom Harkin (D., Iowa), who claims it is “as dangerous as the break-up of the Union before the Civil War,” are almost comical. The truth from the experience of prior shutdowns, applicable federal laws, Justice Department legal opinions, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives, is that crucial government services and benefits would continue without interruption even if Congress fails to agree on a continuing resolution (CR) or President Obama vetoes it. That includes all services essential for national security and public safety — such as the military and law enforcement — as well as mandatory government payments such as Social Security and veterans’ benefits.. end Almost Comical? more from above: So planes, trains, and automobiles will keep running and TSA will keep patting you down. The president can continue to go on overseas trips to conduct foreign relations. Social Security and Medicaid benefits will keep going out. The Border Patrol will keep patrolling our borders to prevent illegal crossings (at least as much as this administration will let it do that). The Federal Bureau of Prisons will keep convicted criminals in prison and the FBI will continue making arrests and investigating violations of the law... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 07:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do we really need the Federal Government as it exists now?? Government is a monster. We must shrink it. Sequester was to be the end of the world as we know it. A 3% reduction. Are we ok? Lets shut this monster down forever. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 46559958 United States 09/30/2013 07:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More Horror! Quoting: ancha [link to thehill.com] Nearly three quarters of White House employees would be furloughed during a government shutdown, according to a contingency plan created by the administration. According to a letter prepared for the Office of Management and Budget, some 1,265 White House employees would be sent home if lawmakers are unable to strike an agreement Monday to keep the government open. Approximately 436 presidential staffers would be designated as exempt and continue working despite a shutdown. Exempted employees would include 129 in the White House office, as well as 15 members to provide for the care and maintenance of the executive mansion itself. Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, would keep aboard 12 staff members and one additional person to tend to his residence at the Naval Observatory. But other offices — including the National Security Staff — would maintain bigger presences despite the possible shutdown. The NSS is expected to ask 42 employees to keep coming to work... The Office of National Drug Control Policy would keep eight staffers, while the Office of Science and Technology Policy would have just 7 to provide the president with any emergency scientific or technical advice. The letter did not detail whether unpaid interns would continue coming to work during a shutdown, although they did continue to staff the White House during a shutdodwn in the 1990s. END. Nota Bene : My comment - Yes, remember the Intern activity of the Clinton shutdown? Whoohooo ....pizza parties.....pass the cigars...or something... Moochele gonna have to fix her own Gin n Juice ? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 47477614 United States 09/30/2013 07:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | More Horror! Quoting: ancha [link to thehill.com] Nearly three quarters of White House employees would be furloughed during a government shutdown, according to a contingency plan created by the administration. According to a letter prepared for the Office of Management and Budget, some 1,265 White House employees would be sent home if lawmakers are unable to strike an agreement Monday to keep the government open. Approximately 436 presidential staffers would be designated as exempt and continue working despite a shutdown. Exempted employees would include 129 in the White House office, as well as 15 members to provide for the care and maintenance of the executive mansion itself. Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, would keep aboard 12 staff members and one additional person to tend to his residence at the Naval Observatory. But other offices — including the National Security Staff — would maintain bigger presences despite the possible shutdown. The NSS is expected to ask 42 employees to keep coming to work... The Office of National Drug Control Policy would keep eight staffers, while the Office of Science and Technology Policy would have just 7 to provide the president with any emergency scientific or technical advice. The letter did not detail whether unpaid interns would continue coming to work during a shutdown, although they did continue to staff the White House during a shutdodwn in the 1990s. END. Nota Bene : My comment - Yes, remember the Intern activity of the Clinton shutdown? Whoohooo ....pizza parties.....pass the cigars...or something... Moochele gonna have to fix her own Gin n Juice ? No, that is an essential gov't program. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 26165384 United States 09/30/2013 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sunday pay, and more... [link to washingtonexaminer.com] A federal government shutdown will temporarily cut off pay of thousands of Uncle Sam’s workers, but for those considered “excepted employees,” there could be a nice salary bump thanks to rules allowing overtime, compensatory time and other benefits provided to those the administration feels too important to furlough But for those called in to work, the guide reveals they will be eligible for extra pay. “Excepted employees who meet the conditions for overtime pay, Sunday premium pay, night pay, availability pay and other premium payments will be entitled to payment in accordance with applicable rules, subject to any relevant payment limitations,” said the guide. Comp time is also available, said the guide. And while current federal workers might see their pay cut, retirees won’t. “Federal retirees,” said the guide, “will still receive their scheduled annuity payments on the first business day of the month |
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