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minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOut of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agobecause it’s a tool that can be useful
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMaybe as a last resort. Not the defect of standard every couple of months hold the entire government hostage. Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone
minus-squaremynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSounds like terrorism to me
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNo, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
minus-squareFarFarAway@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agohttps://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-has-to-pass-another-stopgap-funding-bill-what-happens-in-a-shutdown/3784733/
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoDon’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.
Out of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
Useful to whom?
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defect of standard every couple of months hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-has-to-pass-another-stopgap-funding-bill-what-happens-in-a-shutdown/3784733/
Don’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.