{"id":45800,"date":"2025-10-04T09:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T13:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=45800"},"modified":"2025-10-04T09:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T13:17:16","slug":"and-the-shutdown-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=45800","title":{"rendered":"And the shutdown is on!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day all. As of this post, it\u2019s October 1st<\/sup>, pumpkin spice is replacing cocaine as the preferred recreational substance, and the Federal Government has run out of money again.<\/p>\n

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As of 12:00AM Eastern Time October 1st<\/sup>, the United States Government can no longer borrow money. Additionally, a great deal of spending authority has expired. Basically, there is no money to pay federal employees. This will lead to layoffs and Reductions in Force. Here are the details from Fox News<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n

The federal government is officially entering a partial shutdown<\/a> on Wednesday after the midnight funding deadline passed with Democrats and Republicans failing to agree on a funding bill. <\/b><\/p>\n

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An earlier attempt by Senate Republicans to pass a short-term extension of fiscal year (FY) 2025 government funding levels, called a continuing resolution (CR), was sunk by Democrats who were furious about being sidelined in shutdown negotiations. <\/b><\/p>\n

The Democrat\u2019s idea of \u201cNegotiations\u201d amounted to \u201cWe want a trillion dollars for illegal aliens and graft!\u201d They have no intention of discussing anything. For them it\u2019s always \u201cMy way or the highway!\u201d<\/p>\n

House Republicans have been away from Washington in order to pressure the Senate to pass their bill. House Democrats, however, returned this week in a bid to paint a contrast between themselves and the GOP. <\/b><\/p>\n

In addition to their anger over being sidelined, Democrats had also pushed for a CR to extend Obamacare subsidies that were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic but were set to expire at the end of 2025. <\/b><\/p>\n

Personally, Obamacare needs to die. It was a bad law and destroyed insurance coverage for millions of people. It\u2019s sole purpose was to wreck the private insurance most people have and force everyone into a socialist healthcare system. Recall San Fran Nan Pelosi\u2019s famous comment, \u201cWe must pass the bill in order to know what is in the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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President <\/b>Donald Trump<\/b><\/u><\/a> and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) now have wide discretion over what federal services will remain active. However, thousands of government workers are set to be furloughed or made to temporarily work without paychecks, and a litany of federal agencies could be closed. <\/b><\/p>\n

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OMB Director Russ Vought released a memo shortly after the GOP’s CR failed that said because it was “clear” that Senate Democrats would block any more attempts to pass the bill before the deadline, “affected agencies should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown.” <\/b><\/p>\n

“It is unclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict,” the memo read. “Regardless, employees should report to work for their next regularly scheduled tour of duty to undertake orderly shutdown activities.” <\/b><\/p>\n

The orderly shutdown activities will basically amount to this.<\/p>\n