Sorry.
Couldn't help it.
This guy bugs me. It's his Washington-level entitlement where nepotism is taken as way of life and intense inbreeding creates an attitude of unearned undeserved elitism. It would be like me being a military pilot by virtue of that type being around our household and me absorbing their ways by osmosis. He's such a sac d'Oucherville.
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Stephen Green thinks that perhaps Grahamnesty is playing his part to make it seem like negotiation isn't possible. I think that is a bit wishful thinking. However, if Graham could pull off a 3 week bill; I'd like to see Trump give it a spin.
Here is why... For the first few weeks, Trump and allies (in this, I include a local Houston radio station) played off the shutdown as no big deal because it had zero effect on anyone. And that is true both because not much happens in the week between Christmas and New Years; and nobody had missed a paycheck. I think that was brilliant on the part of Trump in terms of timing.
Now, there is an effect, and it will start to have a ripple effect in the economy. Thousands of government employees and tens of thousands of government contractors aren't getting paid. I used to be one, and honestly I don't really feel sorry for them. As my sister (who is married to a civil servant) put it; "don't live paycheck to paycheck". But these unpaid people have nothing to do, so they will become mouthpieces for the Democrats, because most of them lean that way. They'll take the Twitter, Facebook, and You Tube. They'll stand in front of media cameras, and they'll write Congress.
So plug them up by passing a three or even six week bill. These people get their pay back immediately. They go back to doing their job, which they should be doing anyway since they get back pay (contractors don't). Trump shows this isn't about hurting workers. But when Pelosi and Schumer still refuse his $5 billion for a wall; then the shutdown restarts with the clarity that Democrats won't compromise for simple border security. It will neutralize the partisan civil servants.
Government employees are privileged to believe that their jobs will continue forever or until they get bored with it and retire with a fat pension, whichever comes first. Workers in the private sector do not have that luxury. Furthermore, if I go out of business/lose my job, to the extent that these people deign to notice at all they will assume that I screwed up so it's my fault and waste not one tear on me. While I have sympathy for people thrust into new circumstances for which they are poorly prepared ... this one doesn't keep me up at night.
Dear Lindsey Graham:
More rock, less talk.
You can do it!
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