govt shutdown looms

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

A temporary stay just means we have this overhanging for 6 more weeks.

there's talk of just making a temporary change, something to hold over til the next election. but then, that's done all the time now, with nothing getting done (except the house voting 41 times to repeal a law that has no shot of being repealed, because the senate won't vote to repeal).

there needs to be a real budget. this continuing resolution crap is just that, crap.


and really....the debt ceiling is a ridiculous rule. congress votes to spend, and then congress has to vote to allow the treasury to spend the money it has already said to spend? how the hell does that make sense? if they didn't want to breach a certain level of debt, you do so by proper budgeting and spending. not by spending and then saying 'oh, hit the ceiling'...and causing a default. good lord, how stupid are the people who get voted in, and how stupid the voters?