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 Once again, we the people are being threatened with a government shut down. The military won't get paid and social security recipients won't be paid, and the border guards won't be working either! Meanwhile legislation is being changed to allow sweatpants and hoodies to be worn in the congress because that is such a pressing issue. Hundreds of thousands of people are invading the southern border and congress is worried about a dress code. Seriously, think about that for just a few minutes. 

 There is no talk of Ukraine not receiving the millions of dollars promised by Joe Biden, budget or not, that money is being sent to fuel a war. A war, by the way, that is quite profitable for Russia. The price of oil is almost a hundred a barrel, Putin is making a killing. The vaccines are free right? No, we are paying the pharmaceutical companies for the manufacture of those vaccines, we the people. Doesn't matter if you can't feed your family or yourself because your social security payments have stopped, big pharma will get paid. Our government is backing the unions, especially the UAW. Their demands are for a four-day work week and higher wages. More money, less work and the eventual banning of the very product they are manufacturing! Yeah, what a plan. All electric within a few decades. No way to support that however, no infrastructure to deliver the needed energy and indeed, the reality is we don't have the technology to even produce that much electricity, let along deliver it! About 20% of the energy produced today is from green sources, about 11% globally. 

  I listened as a democratic senator, the name escapes me at the moment, explained that if we didn't pass the budget the border would be unprotected. His warning was, if you think it is bad now, just wait until the government shuts down! He was saying that would be the fault of the Republicans! The Republicans are not concerned with the border, they just want to cut funds to social programs and hurt the middle class. Yes, that was his dire warning to Americans, pass the budget or illegals will flood the country. That's the threat I heard him utter. And it was just that, a threat. We will, of course, have to feed, house, give medical care and educational opportunities to every one of them. No turning back if that happens. They will receive a cash stipend to help them, we'll just use your social security benefits to fund that. Yeah, you will just have to take a cut, you know, because that is only right. We will redistribute your social security benefits. They're refugees!

  The budget crisis is real. We know that we need to get government spending under control. Everyone knows that! You don't have to be a politician to understand that. We have the largest debt in history, 32.6 trillion dollars! The news outlets outline all the government services that would be suspended if the budget isn't passed. The warnings include affecting your travel plans. The air traffic controllers would not receive training, they will short staffed. Your holiday plans ruined. But the dress code has been changed, a new office has been established, one whose function is to repeal the second amendment. I'm certain their funding won't be affected by any of this though. The vice president has been charged with overseeing this new office. I'm guessing she will be able to find it, more than can be said for the southern border, a place she hasn't been! 

  If the government shuts down and all those federal workers aren't paid, they still have to work. The essential workers that is. Those workers will receive backpay after a budget is passed. The worker bees that are necessary must show up and do their job without pay. Border patrol isn't essential. They don't have to go to work. That's strange, federal agents will still be protecting every single congressperson, their security won't be compromised or affected. Their "borders" are fully protected. All the page boys or whatever they call them these days will be paid. All the assistants to the assistants will continue to be paid. Every member of Congress continues to receive their pay! Yes, they won't have to wait for backpay or anything else, their pay and perks continue on unaffected. The reality is, the only ones that get hurt by this is you and I, the average Joe taxpayer. Not the lawmakers, not the ones on welfare and not the ones entering the country illegally. Nope, none of those groups will be affected. They will continue to be funded no matter what! 

 Don't plan on taking a vacation. Don't plan on even driving your car to visit grandma. The availability of parts to repair your vehicle will be affected by this. The price of gasoline will soar as well. And, unless you have a large amount of savings you won't be able to afford any of that. Forget the holidays! You think things are bad now, just wait. 

After posting this some errors were pointed out to me. I apologize for the misinformation. Social Security and Medicare payments will continue in the event of a government shutdown. The verification and issuance of benefits would be affected however, those already enrolled will continue to receive their checks. Thank You Mr. James Divine for getting me straight.