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minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months agoOut of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·2 months agoIt’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·2 months agoI believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaremynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 months agoSounds like terrorism to me
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoNo, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
minus-squareFarFarAway@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agohttps://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-has-to-pass-another-stopgap-funding-bill-what-happens-in-a-shutdown/3784733/
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDon’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.
Out of the loop, what do you mean SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT???
It’s a thing that’s been happening a lot over the past few years where US politicians refuse to sign bills that approve government spending (such as continuing to pay government employees) until their demands about some unrelated thing are met.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/congress-has-to-pass-another-stopgap-funding-bill-what-happens-in-a-shutdown/3784733/
Don’t worry, the DEA will work for IOUs until the matter is settled.