Cut, Print, Publish
Reporter: “A dangerous move isn't it, Mr. President?”
(Prez: “I don't give a damn.”)
Trump calls for government shutdown to get congressional rules in check.
FYI MEMO FOR TRUMP: Congress
is a separate branch of government and you, sir, have no control over
Congressional rules and operations. So, do us all a yuge favor and just STFU.
Trump Tweet Headlines:
“Our country ‘needs’ government shutdown to pass GOP
agenda”
“Our country needs a good shutdown
in September to fix mess! The reason for the plan negotiated between the
Republicans and Democrats is that we need 60 votes in the Senate which are not
there! We either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now
to 51%.”
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2017
Recall that the 2013 shutdown lasted 16 days. The
effects of that meant furloughs and other shutdowns and non-hires not only in
government but across the board and included:
1. Tax refunds
totaling almost $4 billion were delayed.
2. The WIC
program went unfunded.
3. Total shutdown:
Federal
research activities at the National
Institutes of Health (lost about three-quarters of its employees), the National Science Foundation (lost 98
percent of its workforce), and the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (lost 2/3 of its manpower) shut down
nearly entirely; the CDC scaled back its monitoring of disease outbreaks.
4. The Environmental Protection Agency inspections halted at 1,200 locations.
5. The Food and Drug Administration delayed
approval of drugs and medical devices
6. Yes, the national parks were shut down resulting in over $500
million in lost consumer tourism spending.
7. Reviews of veterans’ disability applications slowed to
a halt, with nearly 20,000 applications per week not being evaluated.
8. In total, the Office on Management and Budget
estimated that the shutdown cut GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2013 by 0.2
to 0.6 points, and resulted in 120,000
fewer jobs.
9. Across the board OPM and CBO estimates $24 Billion was
lost.
10. 800,000 Feds did not work – some w/o pay (e.g., essential employees).
11. Shutdowns don’t result in seniors going without their retirement checks,
or the military closing up shop, or airplanes crashing into each other in the
sky, but they do cause massive disruption to hundreds of thousands of workers and their families.
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Donald J. Trump is in way over his head and out of touch with reality.
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