US Federal Government Shutdown

[Drew79]

And if the Republicans don't back the DACA then they lose basically every district and state in the south and southwest.

That's why they were both on board with the initial compromise. Then Cotton poisoned the waters and Trump torpedoed the deal. Now no one is willing to negotiate because Trump's word is meaningless and the GOP are infighting over which base they're supposed to support.

So keep the government shut down for 4 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

[Belize]

You want illegal aliens as your new voting block.

Gotta add more buzzwords and talk show viewpoints if you want to make an impression.
That current line is more tired than a meme from 2010.

[Blur4stuff]

So if the bill outlawed all firearms and republicans voted against it, then republicans would be at fault?

Shoving something toxic into a bill isn't new and doesn't work on voters that are capable of rational thought.

[psiko74]

DACA - Deport All Criminal Aliens
I don't care about the wall. I wanna see all illegals deported. Deport them to an island in the middle of the ocean for all I care, just get them out of here.

[mvaliz]

So keep the government shut down for 4 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

According to your Dumbass-in-stupid Donnie Dump, yes.

Because apparently being an asshole to a tiny fraction of a single percent of people who were dragged into this as children and not of their own choosing and don't deserve its removal is more important than keeping the government functioning in his eyes.

[Bullettime]

DACA - Deport All Criminal Aliens
I don't care about the wall. I wanna see all illegals deported. Deport them to an island in the middle of the ocean for all I care, just get them out of here.

"Make America White Again"

[psiko74]

"Make America White Again"

Not at all. I welcome legal immigrants.

[Zaydin]

DACA - Deport All Criminal Aliens
I don't care about the wall. I wanna see all illegals deported. Deport them to an island in the middle of the ocean for all I care, just get them out of here.

I'd rather keep the Dreamers and deport Trump supporters. At least Dreamers contribute to society.

[Bullettime]

Not at all. I welcome legal immigrants.

Then you should be supporting immigration reform as well but you never see this from people like you. It's always autistic screeching about how illegals ruin everything but never stop to look at how broken the process is when trying to become a legal citizen. How many people fall through the cracks, how many people follow the rules for years and even decades but get lost in the bureaucratic nightmare that is our citizenship process.

I'm all for being harsh on illegals, but the DREAMers are every bit as American as the rest of us, would be a humanitarian crisis to deport them all, and we should look at cleaning up the process so people who want to become legal actually have an avenue to go through that it isn't the equivalent of playing the lottery.

You also don't seem to know the difference between DREAMers and other illegals.

[mvaliz]

Not at all. I welcome legal immigrants.

Oh please that's horseshit and you know it, because if you really believed the "C" stood for "Criminal" - then you believe 10 year old children who weren't given a choice to be "criminals"?

Pu-leaze, racist.

[Belize]

DACA - Deport All Criminal Aliens
I don't care about the wall. I wanna see all illegals deported. Deport them to an island in the middle of the ocean for all I care, just get them out of here.

Punishing people that were brought here not on a will of their own.

Maybe we could toss out everyone that was born in ex-Confederate states too. Sins of their fathers and all.

[PC2]

So keep the government shut down for 4 years seems like a reasonable compromise.

No kidding, the country would do better with less government hindering the economy.

"Make America White Again"

Which isn't a problem since it's okay for America to be white.

[alexw]

I'd rather keep the Dreamers and deport Trump supporters. At least Dreamers contribute to society.

Dreamers at least have some sense of what society is. Deplorables certainly don't.

[Lenonis]

No kidding, the country would do better with less government hindering the economy.

You do realize that if the government were actually shut down for 4 years we'd see an economic crash the likes that would make 2008 feel like a bump.

Government spending drives a significant part of the economy, not to mention provides an enormous number of jobs.

And layer on top of that this concept of "less government hindering the economy" flies in the face of the economy recovery we've seen since 2008.

[PC2]

You do realize that if the government were actually shut down for 4 years we'd see an economic crash the likes that would make 2008 feel like a bump.

Government spending drives a significant part of the economy, not to mention provides an enormous number of jobs.

And layer on top of that this concept of "less government hindering the economy" flies in the face of the economy recovery we've seen since 2008.

Nah the government rediverts some of the economy but it doesn't drive it. There wouldn't be a crash.

[Lenonis]

Which isn't a problem since it's okay for America to be white.

it's also ok for it not to be.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Republicans then: *Masturbates furiously* HAHAHA WE HAVE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT, JUST WATCH HOW MUCH STUFF WE'RE GONNA GET DONE WITH DEMOCRATS UNABLE TO STOP US.

Republicans now: OMG DEMOCRATS ARE GETTING IN OUR WAY! WE COULD DEAL WITH DACA IN SOME OTHER BILL BUT WE'RE HOLDING GOVERNMENT HOSTAGE FOR IT!

Republicans then: Trump has just been elected and all of a sudden the economy is amazing, lowest unemployment in forever and stock market is at record highs.

Republicans now: All of these DACA recipients are taking jobs from Americans! We don't care if unemployment is the lowest in our selective cherry picked memories! It's hurting Americans for people who have been here for 30 years since they were 2 years old to continue staying here!

[Lenonis]

Nah the government rediverts some of the economy but it doesn't drive it. There wouldn't be a crash.

hah. That's funny you really think that. You're all alone on that particular island as no economist of any merit would agree with you.

[Jakexe]

Trump's fault, definite fact.

What a shitty deal maker, obviously doesn't care about the american ppl, basically vetod a worked out deal. So sad, low energy.

[Barnabas]

Because what rural voters chose this go around is proving to be so effective and far thinking in their policies. But, then, I'm not exactly sure a demographic that is lowering its own life expectancy while blaming it on others is capable of making reasonable decisions. Yeah, all things considered, I'd rather try my luck with the illegals They seem more grounded in reality.

Yeah rural people are suffering after getting fleet service subsidies, wireless internet that will provide the backbone to the digital farm, better loans than they've got in 20 years and that is just the tip of iceberg. There literally a hundred improvements for people. Some news agencies covered it yesterday and today if you want to look at the new farm bill and how much better it is.