What
a Way to Run the Country, By Stephen Lendman, 9-30-13
Americans get the best democracy money can buy. The best, brightest and most honorable are excluded. Rare exceptions prove the rule.
Washington is dysfunctional, out-of-control, corrupt, lawless and self-serving. Miscreants infest the nation's capital.
They do so like crabgrass besets lawns. Both parties represent two sides of the same coin.
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The last one occurred in late 1995/early 1996. Most people don't remember. The world didn't come to an end.
Government shut down after Clinton vetoed a Republican-sponsored spending bill.
Non-essential federal workers were furloughed. They were out from November 14 through November 19 and from December 16 until January 6.
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America's fiscal year ends on September 30. Under current budget law, Congress must approve 12 appropriations bills.
"It almost never happens" on time. Over the past 17 years, "Congress did not meet its statutory deadline for approving the spending bills."
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(2) Has Washington prepared to shut down?
"Yes. The Obama administration told agencies this week to begin planning for a partial shutdown."
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(4) What about Social Security payments and safety net protections?
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(6) What about past shutdowns? Between 1977 and 1980, six occurred. From 1981 - 1996, nine followed.
Current budget battles suggest more to come. Things may get uglier than earlier. In 2013, no appropriation bills were enacted.
As of midnight September 30, the entire federal government will be unfunded. For how long remains to be seen.
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Obama ordered it. He wants social America destroyed. He's going all out to assure it. He prioritizes neoliberal harshness.
He supports capital's divine right. He supplied trillions of dollars of public money to make more of it. He's done it at the public's expense.
He's dismissive of vital safety net protections. Let 'em eat cake is official administration policy.
Limitless funding for monied interests and imperial wars alone matter. Ordinary Americans lose out. They're increasingly on their own sink or swim.
(8) Will Obama, Congress and political appointees keep working?
Yes. They're exempt from furloughs. Some White House and congressional staffers aren't. It's up to their bosses to decide.
In past shutdowns, America's judiciary had enough funding for two weeks. If Washington shuts down longer this time, federal courts won't resume operations until budget impasse disputes are resolved.
(9) How do shutdowns end?
Congress and the White House must decide. No legal time limit is mandated. Public pressure works best.
When politicians feel heat, they react. It remains to be seen what happens this time.
Perhaps voters one day will catch on. Throwing out bums for new ones doesn't work.
Voting Republican or Democrat is like choosing between death by hanging or electrocution. Either way you're dead.
Each party replicates the other. Disputes are solely for political advantage. Public interests don't matter.
Democracy in America is a convenient illusion. It's more hypocrisy than real. Rogues, scalawags, and criminals run things. Ordinary people lose out altogether.
Things are worse now than ever. America's on a fast track toward tyranny and ruin. It's being thirdworldized. Bipartisan complicity assures it.
The last one occurred in late 1995/early 1996. Most people don't remember. The world didn't come to an end.
Government shut down after Clinton vetoed a Republican-sponsored spending bill.
Non-essential federal workers were furloughed. They were out from November 14 through November 19 and from December 16 until January 6.
>> skip skip >>
America's fiscal year ends on September 30. Under current budget law, Congress must approve 12 appropriations bills.
"It almost never happens" on time. Over the past 17 years, "Congress did not meet its statutory deadline for approving the spending bills."
>> skip skip >>
(2) Has Washington prepared to shut down?
"Yes. The Obama administration told agencies this week to begin planning for a partial shutdown."
>> skip skip >>
(4) What about Social Security payments and safety net protections?
>> skip skip >>
(6) What about past shutdowns? Between 1977 and 1980, six occurred. From 1981 - 1996, nine followed.
Current budget battles suggest more to come. Things may get uglier than earlier. In 2013, no appropriation bills were enacted.
As of midnight September 30, the entire federal government will be unfunded. For how long remains to be seen.
>> skip skip >>
Obama ordered it. He wants social America destroyed. He's going all out to assure it. He prioritizes neoliberal harshness.
He supports capital's divine right. He supplied trillions of dollars of public money to make more of it. He's done it at the public's expense.
He's dismissive of vital safety net protections. Let 'em eat cake is official administration policy.
Limitless funding for monied interests and imperial wars alone matter. Ordinary Americans lose out. They're increasingly on their own sink or swim.
(8) Will Obama, Congress and political appointees keep working?
Yes. They're exempt from furloughs. Some White House and congressional staffers aren't. It's up to their bosses to decide.
In past shutdowns, America's judiciary had enough funding for two weeks. If Washington shuts down longer this time, federal courts won't resume operations until budget impasse disputes are resolved.
(9) How do shutdowns end?
Congress and the White House must decide. No legal time limit is mandated. Public pressure works best.
When politicians feel heat, they react. It remains to be seen what happens this time.
Perhaps voters one day will catch on. Throwing out bums for new ones doesn't work.
Voting Republican or Democrat is like choosing between death by hanging or electrocution. Either way you're dead.
Each party replicates the other. Disputes are solely for political advantage. Public interests don't matter.
Democracy in America is a convenient illusion. It's more hypocrisy than real. Rogues, scalawags, and criminals run things. Ordinary people lose out altogether.
Things are worse now than ever. America's on a fast track toward tyranny and ruin. It's being thirdworldized. Bipartisan complicity assures it.
[SIDEBAR: READ ON EXCELLENCE, FRITZ KRAEMER, THE THIRD GENERATION 'ISRAELI FIRSTERS' ALL KISSINGER & ASSOCIATES INDOCTRINATED INTO THE CULT - SEE ALSO METZITZAH B'PEH - TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER ET AL ARE THE SO CALLED DECIDERS OF USA IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER. NO SUCH IDEA, US CONSTITUTION. >>WHAT DOES GHETTO HELL LOOK LIKE? THE GREATEST INVESTMENTS EVER TO
ENRICH THE GREATEST PREDATORS IN EARTH'S HISTORY, TIME FOR CHANGE
ALRIGHT OBARRY SOBAMA THE TERRIBLE!]
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