US Federal Shutdown?

[Ian]

Uncle Sam hasn't yet passed a federal budget for FY 2011. Instead, there have been a half dozen Continuing Resolutions to keep things running while the Democrats and Republicans (and the White House) sort out what spending will be cut and by how much. The current CR is set to expire on April 8th, a week-and-a-half from now.

Anybody want to make any predictions on what will happen over the next ten days?

Uncle Sam signs my paychecks, but I no longer wear a uniform. So if the federal government does shut down between then and when a budget is passed, I'll be sitting at home instead of going to work.

[devogue]

Voted.

[Rum]

The sooner you move to the cheese standard the better things will be all round!

[Ian]

The sooner you move to the cheese standard the better things will be all round!

I think we ought to be on the bacon standard.

[Seth]

Uncle Sam hasn't yet passed a federal budget for FY 2011. Instead, there have been a half dozen Continuing Resolutions to keep things running while the Democrats and Republicans (and the White House) sort out what spending will be cut and by how much. The current CR is set to expire on April 8th, a week-and-a-half from now.

Anybody want to make any predictions on what will happen over the next ten days?

Uncle Sam signs my paychecks, but I no longer wear a uniform. So if the federal government does shut down between then and when a budget is passed, I'll be sitting at home instead of going to work.

I'm hoping for another continuing resolution that includes defunding the Libyan excursion. Then I'm hoping for a shutdown. I'd like to prove to the country that we really don't need most of the federal government at all. Besides, all essential services will continue to operate even without a budget.

And that's what politicians are afraid of. If they actually do shut down the government, the public will quickly see that their daily lives are not affected at all, and that life goes on just fine without the legions of bureaucrats sucking at us like leeches. That's the last thing on earth the Progressives want revealed to the public, since they've spent a century trying to convince us that we cannot survive without intrusive federal government.

[Warren Dew]

I'd love defunding of Libya and a prolonged shutdown as well. I don't think either is in the cards, though.

[Pensioner]

I voted the Joos are the problem.

[JimC]

Can the US please shut down all government apparatus, and allow us to test certain libertarian and/or anarchist political theories?

It will be an interesting exercise...

[egbert]

I'd like to prove to the country that we really don't need most of the federal government at all.
And that's what politicians are afraid of. If they actually do shut down the government, the public will quickly see that their daily lives are not affected at all, and that life goes on just fine without the legions of bureaucrats sucking at us like leeches. That's the last thing on earth the Progressives want revealed to the public, since they've spent a century trying to convince us that we cannot survive without intrusive federal government.

So, you're one of them ANARCHISTS! Aren't they next of kin of them COMMIES?