800,000 federal workers, most of which live paycheck to paycheck, are without pay for a third week in a row now because of the ongoing partial government shutdown. Museums are closed, trash is overflowing in parks, federal workers are opening gofundme pages to get by, and more.
One federal worker moved to another part of the country to start a federal job just one week before the shutdown, and now faces homelessness if the shutdown doesn't end soon.
A couple, both contractors working for NASA, found themselves out of work due to the shutdown. They were in the process of adoption but that is on hold now because they cannot afford the Guardian Ad Litem payment the court needs to finalize the adoption. They also can't throw the birthday/adoption party for the child they wanted to, and have no idea how they are going to pay their mortgage.
A married couple, both out of work due to the shutdown, are at a point they have to pull their children out of day care because they cannot afford it with no pay coming in. The issue is, if they do pull their children out, they will lose their slots for the children and have to find another daycare once the government starts back up again.
There are thousands of these stories, some less severe than others, but the point of this blog is to show that the President, who continues to say that those government employees who are off work and not getting paid are somehow in support of what he is doing, IS WRONG! The President is spreading a false narrative, and those of us who find ourselves in the middle class all know that we look forward to one thing every week or two, and that is payday.
Why, because we generally live paycheck to paycheck, or very close to that. We aren't millionaires and billionaires who can survive without pay coming in. We need our paychecks to make mortgage payments, car payments, utility payments, childcare payments, buy food, etc. We need our paychecks to survive, and the fact that Trump is putting words in 800,000 mouths is just flat out wrong.
They could open the government back up today, but he refuses to without funding for his wall. That campaign promise which is already broken because Mexico is never going to pay for it, is all that Trump cares about at this point. He doesn't care about people not getting paid and not able to pay their bills. He cares about Trump. He also says he can relate to these people...and exactly how is that?
Fact, the government needs to start back up. Trump needs to drop his ridiculous tantrum and agree on border security improvements that the majority of Americans are for, like additional technology, repair of existing fencing, additional personnel, etc. The majority of Americans do not want the Great Wall of Trump, the Great Steel Slats of Trump, or whatever he wants to call it today.
These are lives of Americans that are being unnecessarily affected in a very negative way because our Commander-in-Chief is throwing a tantrum that all started with Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter calling him out.
The even bigger problem we are facing is an administration of talking heads surrounding the President who will be nothing but "yes" people because all of the people who would ever challenge the President's ridiculous decisions have either resigned or been fired over the past 2 years. There is no restraining the insanity any longer, and with investigations coming at Trump from 17 different areas, I am greatly concerned as to how he is going to react as indictments occur and his world begins to fall apart even more around him.
For the last 2 years we have seen some insanity during a time when Trump controlled congress as a whole. Now the Democrats have taken the House and we are in a period where there will be more challenges than ever before in Trump's life, and he isn't used to that at all. Seeing how he has reacted to this point, I am fearful of how he will react in the coming months as the walls close in on him more and more.
Think about that...
DUNK
One federal worker moved to another part of the country to start a federal job just one week before the shutdown, and now faces homelessness if the shutdown doesn't end soon.
A couple, both contractors working for NASA, found themselves out of work due to the shutdown. They were in the process of adoption but that is on hold now because they cannot afford the Guardian Ad Litem payment the court needs to finalize the adoption. They also can't throw the birthday/adoption party for the child they wanted to, and have no idea how they are going to pay their mortgage.
A married couple, both out of work due to the shutdown, are at a point they have to pull their children out of day care because they cannot afford it with no pay coming in. The issue is, if they do pull their children out, they will lose their slots for the children and have to find another daycare once the government starts back up again.
There are thousands of these stories, some less severe than others, but the point of this blog is to show that the President, who continues to say that those government employees who are off work and not getting paid are somehow in support of what he is doing, IS WRONG! The President is spreading a false narrative, and those of us who find ourselves in the middle class all know that we look forward to one thing every week or two, and that is payday.
Why, because we generally live paycheck to paycheck, or very close to that. We aren't millionaires and billionaires who can survive without pay coming in. We need our paychecks to make mortgage payments, car payments, utility payments, childcare payments, buy food, etc. We need our paychecks to survive, and the fact that Trump is putting words in 800,000 mouths is just flat out wrong.
They could open the government back up today, but he refuses to without funding for his wall. That campaign promise which is already broken because Mexico is never going to pay for it, is all that Trump cares about at this point. He doesn't care about people not getting paid and not able to pay their bills. He cares about Trump. He also says he can relate to these people...and exactly how is that?
Fact, the government needs to start back up. Trump needs to drop his ridiculous tantrum and agree on border security improvements that the majority of Americans are for, like additional technology, repair of existing fencing, additional personnel, etc. The majority of Americans do not want the Great Wall of Trump, the Great Steel Slats of Trump, or whatever he wants to call it today.
These are lives of Americans that are being unnecessarily affected in a very negative way because our Commander-in-Chief is throwing a tantrum that all started with Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter calling him out.
The even bigger problem we are facing is an administration of talking heads surrounding the President who will be nothing but "yes" people because all of the people who would ever challenge the President's ridiculous decisions have either resigned or been fired over the past 2 years. There is no restraining the insanity any longer, and with investigations coming at Trump from 17 different areas, I am greatly concerned as to how he is going to react as indictments occur and his world begins to fall apart even more around him.
For the last 2 years we have seen some insanity during a time when Trump controlled congress as a whole. Now the Democrats have taken the House and we are in a period where there will be more challenges than ever before in Trump's life, and he isn't used to that at all. Seeing how he has reacted to this point, I am fearful of how he will react in the coming months as the walls close in on him more and more.
Think about that...
DUNK
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