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90% of Nuclear Regulators Sent Home Due To Shutdown
An anonymous reader writes "More than 90% of nuclear regulators are being sent home due to the Federal Government shutdown, as the agency announced today that it was out of funds. Without Congressional appropriations, the nuclear watchdog closes its doors for what appears to be the first time in U.S. history. CNN reports that while a skeleton crew remains to monitor the nation's 100 nuclear reactors, regulatory efforts to prevent a Fukushima-like incident in the United States have ceased."
Right. And nukular power is safe, clean, and efficient. Right? Why, having all those government regulators is just more wasteful spending, anyway.
The Koch brothers were right. We're better off without troublesome regulations being enforced.
Because it's all a show!! There are no real cuts just a reverse dog and pony show to try to "prove" how important the federal government is.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Give it a few days.
Hopefully these teahadists are not going to go that far. Even that seems too much.
If you can't get the votes to repeal something, just shutup sit down and deal with it.
Everyone in the lapdog press is running around crying Oh No'es but NOTHING bad is happening.
Well, nothing bad other than millions of Americans suddenly becoming essentially unemployed, even if temporarily, for which I can see no possible negative effect. /sarc
Apparently you haven't heard!
They are all going to get paid
House came together in a moment of rare bipartisanship to pass a bill, by a vote of 407 to 0, approving back pay for furloughed government workers.
President Obama has expressed his support for the measure.
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid supports the measure, but said Saturday that if furloughed workers are guaranteed back pay, there’s no reason to keep them out of work.
They should be working, since they will be getting back pay.
Why does Obama keep them home?
So let me get this straight. The House of Representatives has not voted to pass a budget or even CR for this year. And it's Obama's fault? I, for one, am amazed by your blinding logic! (or when did Obama become Speaker of the House?)
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" Their kids are usually better educated and have more social graces than the product of public schools"
Yes, they know the bible by heart and they train social graces with mom and dad, how useful.