What if they shut down the government and nobody cared?
Ted Cruz already tried this. Do you guys never take notes?
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17% (or something like that) of the Government actually stopped functioning. That's not a shutdown.
Well, 17% sucked $24 billion out of the economy. I'm not interested in seeing what happens when 100% disappears.
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Well, 17% sucked $24 billion out of the economy. I'm not interested in seeing what happens when 100% disappears.
Well, let's start with my job: If Customs and Border Protection shuts down, then all international shipping has to shut down because there's no one to approve General Declarations for export and no one to inspect and release imports. So that's a few billion there...
But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
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Well, let's start with my job: If Customs and Border Protection shuts down, then all international shipping has to shut down because there's no one to approve General Declarations for export and no one to inspect and release imports. So that's a few billion there...
Customs and Border Protection never shuts down during a government shutdown. Here's the 2013 list of departments, for which those tasks deemed necessary for the function of the country continue to operate.
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Customs and Border Protection never shuts down during a government shutdown. Here's the 2013 list of departments, for which those tasks deemed necessary for the function of the country continue to operate.
I'm aware of that. Bronconick was merely stating if there was an actual 100% shutdown of the Government. I assumed that to mean everything shutting down.
But let's be real...There are 40 some other teams and only two alaskan teams...the day one of us wins something big will be the day I transfer to UAA
Originally posted by Doyle Woody
Best sign by a visting Seawolf fan Friday went to a young man who held up a piece of white poster board that read: "YOU CAN'T SPELL FAILURE WITHOUT UAF."
I'm aware of that. Bronconick was merely stating if there was an actual 100% shutdown of the Government. I assumed that to mean everything shutting down.
If 100% of the government was shutdown, who would stop the ships from coming into the harbor? Who would stop the dockworkers from unloading the cargo?
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
Probably the Unions, they would stand behind the locked out govt workers.
Aren't most dockworkers union members, too?
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
"One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir
"Good news! We have a delivery." Professor Farnsworth
The funny thing is, if the federal government was out of commission for any extended length of time, it's the red portions of the country that would be hurt the most. Those positive balance of payments don't make themselves. The blue states are self-sufficient. We'll be fine. The red states, without federal welfare, are three meals away from anarchy.
The funny thing is, if the federal government was out of commission for any extended length of time, it's the red portions of the country that would be hurt the most. Those positive balance of payments don't make themselves. The blue states are self-sufficient. We'll be fine. The red states, without federal welfare, are three meals away from anarchy.
Bull, no one would be safe in any urban area.
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