Was Ending The Shutdown Honorable?!

[Belsnickel]

(01-28-2019, 01:33 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Who said it was a bad decision?  And he's planning on doing it again to get done what needs to get done, which is get funding for the wall, which was a big campaign promise.

Everyone who isn't a Trump sycophant.

(01-28-2019, 01:33 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: All of the employees get backpay, which means that it's not like they're just getting robbed.

Not all of the employees do. So, those that got furloughed get nothing. Granted, they weren't working, but how many of them would have preferred to have been working? All of them. Also, federal contractors will not get back pay. Many of them had to continue doing their jobs during the shutdown and they won't get paid anything for that because the backpay doesn't cover them. On top of that, the ripple effects economically can only partially be made up. You have tons of people that are indirectly impacted by the government shutdown because their businesses aren't being patronized by these workers. They don't get any compensation for that. States with high numbers of federal employees take a hit to their coffers as consumption based taxes are drastically reduced for the period.

Most people do not understand the way a government shutdown effects the economy. Everything is so interconnected that you can never fully grasp the full measure of it.

(01-28-2019, 01:33 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Trump is doing what needs to be done to accomplish the goal, which is admirable when you consider that a big bash against most politicians is that they don't follow through on promises.

Except it is an unnecessary goal that most of the country is against him on. Also, the CBA you could run on the shutdown for the wall would definitely skew towards more cost than benefit.