The government shutdown idiocy is going full tilt on all the news networks. It's a strange mess. Think about it for a moment. The House bill funds the government; the Democrats say that they are in favor of that. The House bill extends medical care for about 9 million poor children under the SCHIP program; the Democrats say that they are in favor of that. The House bill postpones the start of the Cadillac tax on high cost, mostly union, health plans; the Democrats say that they are in favor of that. The House bill postpones the medical device tax; the Democrats say that they are in favor of that too. That's the entire bill; in other words, the Democrats say that they are in favor of the whole thing, and yet, the Democrats are all voting against it so that the government will shut down.
Supposedly, the Democrats want the bill to address DACA, but there's no proposed legislation even written on DACA. There are ongoing negotiations between GOP and Democrat Congressmen and Senators which supposedly are on track to get a deal by the March 5 deadline, but the Democrats demand something be passed now.
So what does this mean? Nine million poor children will lose their healthcare, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future. A million government workers will be furloughed, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future. The soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen of our armed forces won't be getting paid, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future. Millions of union workers will get hit with new Obamacare taxes on their health plans, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future.
It's truly bizarre that the Dems have chosen to fight on this bill that is composed only of things they claim to support. It's even weirder that the Dems are fighting on an issue on which there is more than ample time to achieve a resolution through already ongoing negotiations.
Supposedly, the Democrats want the bill to address DACA, but there's no proposed legislation even written on DACA. There are ongoing negotiations between GOP and Democrat Congressmen and Senators which supposedly are on track to get a deal by the March 5 deadline, but the Democrats demand something be passed now.
So what does this mean? Nine million poor children will lose their healthcare, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future. A million government workers will be furloughed, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future. The soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen of our armed forces won't be getting paid, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future. Millions of union workers will get hit with new Obamacare taxes on their health plans, but the Democrats can tell them that some illegal aliens who are safe at least until March 5 maybe will get an earlier decision on their future.
It's truly bizarre that the Dems have chosen to fight on this bill that is composed only of things they claim to support. It's even weirder that the Dems are fighting on an issue on which there is more than ample time to achieve a resolution through already ongoing negotiations.
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