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Has Trump's government shutdown affected you yet?

Posted - January 22, 2019

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  • My daughter in law works for the federal government in DC ... it affects her.  She's one of the people who has been working with no pay for over a month!  I feel sorry for she and my son.  She'll get her back pay ..eventually .. but that doesn't help her get to work and pay for child care NOW.
      January 22, 2019 2:44 PM MST
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  • 46117
    How horrible.  But I'm telling you now, I feel horrible for her, but if she voted for that pig, I feel nothing at all.


      January 22, 2019 2:58 PM MST
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  • She did NOT vote for him.  She think he's a maniac.  I can't even imagine what it's like having to work without being paid ... plus not believing in that loser's cause!  If he and all his worshippers had to be without pay .. I bet the government would still be open!
      January 22, 2019 3:01 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Ok.   I think he is a maniac too.  I cannot believe the idiots who back him and would even put up with no pay in the name of Donald.  

    I cannot imagine having no money.  My life would be over in a matter of a few months.  
      January 22, 2019 3:03 PM MST
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  • Thanks for AP Quack.
      January 22, 2019 3:09 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Sure.   We have bonded in our loathe of Trump.
      January 22, 2019 3:12 PM MST
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  • i challenge trump to a fight to the death
      January 22, 2019 3:13 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I must confess I would feel very satisfied punching him right in the face.   

      January 22, 2019 3:30 PM MST
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  • 11100
    If you do that a cloud of orange dust will fly off his face and could get in your eyes so to be on the safe side you should wear goggles (stole part of that joke from the Family Guy. Cheers!
      January 22, 2019 6:27 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Only in validating my opinions of his prodigious incompetence. 
      January 22, 2019 3:43 PM MST
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  • 46117
    He has told more lies in one week than any President in 8 years.  That is the type of contests he wins.


      January 22, 2019 3:45 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Let’s examine some of Trump’s other accomplishments, shall we?

    •Lost 10 Cabinet members
    •Lost 40 House seats
    •Lost 65 executive staff
    •118 federal judgeships unfilled, 52 still lack nominees
    •18% increase in US trade deficit
    •Federal budget deficit increased $779 billion
    •Dow Jones lost $3 trillion in value 
    •Nearly 4 million Americans have lost healthcare coverage
    •44 campaign rallies
    •67 golf club visits
    •56% DISapproval rating (record high of 60% last June) 
    •17 ongoing investigations
    •75 open lawsuits outstanding against Trump and his businesses
    •Approaching 7,700 false or misleading claims
    •1 trade war instigated
    •0 new trade deals completed
    •0 progress on campaign promise to fund infrastructure




    This post was edited by Don Barzini at January 23, 2019 8:20 AM MST
      January 22, 2019 4:06 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I have to copy/paste this for My 2 Cents.  
      January 22, 2019 4:08 PM MST
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  • 5391
    Yeah, that could be fun, ... if unproductive. 
      January 22, 2019 6:17 PM MST
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  • 16762
    He's kept his promise to run the USA like one of his businesses - bankrupt and all the employees unpaid.
      January 22, 2019 6:27 PM MST
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  • 5391
    The parallels are truly alarming. 
      January 22, 2019 6:29 PM MST
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  • 44600
    You meant 80 years, right?
      January 22, 2019 7:30 PM MST
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  • 44600
    Dang...I forgot to check if I am still getting my Navy retirement money. Is the VA shut down?
      January 22, 2019 7:32 PM MST
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  • 6098
    No I work for a living.  I would like to see the govt shut down three or four days a week all the time. 
      January 23, 2019 8:15 AM MST
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