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Shutdown Hits Industries Nationwide (wsj.com)
The partial government shutdown is affecting a wide range of business and financial concerns nationwide. From a report: Shuttered government offices are stalling the approval of new loans, initial public offerings, the processing of tax documents, and the approval of new products such as prescription drugs, among other effects. While some programs are reopening on a temporary basis or providing workarounds for affected companies, most services won't return to normal until the government fully reopens and 800,000 federal workers sift through the backlog.
Here is a round up of the impact: The partial closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission is delaying the ability of companies to open the IPO market. Companies that were seeking to list shares in January are delaying plans since the regulator has stopped reviewing and approving new and pending corporate registration statements. Airlines expect to have sluggish revenue growth in the first quarter in part because of revenue lost from government travel cancellations. Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Ed Bastian, for instance, said the shutdown would cost his airline $25 million in lost revenue from government travel. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has dramatically curtailed inspections of domestic facilities at food-processing companies during the shutdown, though unpaid inspectors have resumed work inspecting higher-risk products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, seafood and dairy products.
At the Internal Revenue Service, the shutdown has created delays in getting some employer identification numbers, holding up some routine business deals. Some small-business loans are also stuck in limbo. The Small Business Administration has stopped approving routine loans that the agency backs to ensure entrepreneurs have access to funds, halting their plans for expansion and repairs and forcing some owners to consider costlier sources of cash. The government process for reviewing proposed mergers has been slowed by the shutdown, but it is still operating. Businesses that have government contracts are feeling the strain across a variety of industries, including the building of highways and bridges.
Here is a round up of the impact: The partial closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission is delaying the ability of companies to open the IPO market. Companies that were seeking to list shares in January are delaying plans since the regulator has stopped reviewing and approving new and pending corporate registration statements. Airlines expect to have sluggish revenue growth in the first quarter in part because of revenue lost from government travel cancellations. Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Ed Bastian, for instance, said the shutdown would cost his airline $25 million in lost revenue from government travel. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has dramatically curtailed inspections of domestic facilities at food-processing companies during the shutdown, though unpaid inspectors have resumed work inspecting higher-risk products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, seafood and dairy products.
At the Internal Revenue Service, the shutdown has created delays in getting some employer identification numbers, holding up some routine business deals. Some small-business loans are also stuck in limbo. The Small Business Administration has stopped approving routine loans that the agency backs to ensure entrepreneurs have access to funds, halting their plans for expansion and repairs and forcing some owners to consider costlier sources of cash. The government process for reviewing proposed mergers has been slowed by the shutdown, but it is still operating. Businesses that have government contracts are feeling the strain across a variety of industries, including the building of highways and bridges.
“I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it.”
Donald Trump
"Delta Air Lines Inc Chief Executive Ed Bastian, for instance, said the shutdown would cost his airline $25 million in lost revenue from government travel"
Delta had over $41 BILLION in revenue last year. I get it that everyone hates Trump, but this whole thing is wildly overblown.
If the government can't be assed to get it self running properly, then anything that previously requires some government oversight should be allowed to move forward without the shutdown government holding them back.
Delayed IPO? Go on ahead with going public.
New Drug? Not a problem, do your studies and use some good judgement. Besides if you fail you get sued which is a nice trade off.
Tax Payments? Sucks to be you government, can't figure yourself out your crap can't get paid.
Airport Security? No more lines at the airport.
Air traffic Control? Anarchy of the skies!
The last one was a joke. ATC should be airport employees and not FAA employees like how it is in everywhere else in the world.
Why is everything here getting so political? I read about this on every other news feeds, I don't need it here as well.
Well, I guess they'll just have to get private sector jobs, boohoo.
Everything is still his fault, right?
Reminds me of a LOT of cyberpunk scenarios, where international companies and mobs start carving up nations, using people's conservative traditions to make a mockery of everything those traditions mean, in order to take everything from them.
Explains that odd twist in the smile that pops up on Republican faces when they tell bald-faced lies more than most anything else.
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Actually in the last couple of days Schumer and Pelosi have both said they won't work with Trump under ANY circumstances to open the government. Those 800,000 employees must be so important to them they won't even talk with the president about it.
At this point its the Schumer Shutdown Part 2.
Trump derangement syndrome. Their hatred for him runs so deep that they're willing to do a complete 180 on border security just to stick it to him, the rest of us be damned.
You falsely imply that keeping illegal border crossings open is important to Democrats.
First, it's not clear what it means for an "illegal border crossing" to be "kept open", but more importantly, the Democrats have already offered over a billion dollars to improve border security -- it's the $5.7B for a "wall" or "physical barrier" or "not a wall from sea to shining sea but merely a few improvements" that Trump's requesting that they're disagreeing with.
I'd also like to point out that while the scope of Trump's proposed border security "solution" keeps shrinking, the price tag does not. If he needed $5.7B to "build the wall!", then why isn't it considerably cheaper to implement his newly scaled down plan?
Chuuch. Preach. Tabernacle.
FDA, Air Traffic Control, Parks Service, etc are all needed. But yet the media chooses to harp on the plight of the poor TSA smurfs. You know, the people who say "papers please" before you're boarding a flight in your own country and make you pass through a nudie-scanner or get your crotch groped by them. Yeah, yeah, they're "just doing their jobs." Guess what? If no one was willing to do the job, the job wouldn't be so obnoxious.
Keep everything else, but if TSA were all fired (but we kept real security measures like armed crew, air marshals, reinforced/locked flight deck doors, and a policy of non-cooperation with hijackers), and replaced with private security, it would be a net gain for freedom in the USA.
As it is, the TSA was mostly created as corporate welfare for airlines. It took security out of their hands, thus washed their hands of liability. Strict ID checks also make re-sale of tickets more difficult, thus protect airlines' revenue stream from change fees.
and you won't like the results.
Delayed IPO? Great Depression 2.0 New Drug? Snake Oil. Tax Payments? They already have your money, you won't get your refund. Airport Security? 9/11 2.0
The FDA isn't inspecting food right now. If this keeps up sooner or later we're gonna have an outbreak. If you have small children they're going to die. Same if you're elderly.
Folks really, really underestimate how important and beneficial the government is. That's because most of the time you're dealing with Government in your personal life it's taxes, tickets or the DMV.
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this massively impacts our lives. If this keeps up the economy will tank. Then we're gonna start seeing mass layoffs to boost stock prices.
Politics impact every aspect of your life. This is the "Stuff that matters" part of the tag line. There's a taboo on talking about them because our ruling class would like very much for you and me to leave all that icky government stuff up to them.
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Multiple Russian female prostitutes, wearing Chinese knock-off Soviet-era flag panties, bleeding red dye into the urination stream, leaving a presidential orange glow starting on the head, then collected as it drips from his toes, and distributed to the incel army, with a hearty "OH Yeah!!" as the wall goes bust!
generating a large list of people who should never be re-elected.
Politics in the US should be about what is best for the country, not some personal/political grudges or egregious self interest/self promotion.
If political parties have lost sight of that, voters should make their voices heard (loudly) If voters can't be bothered to fix this mess, they deserve their representation.
Wow, so for 5 billion out of a 4 trillion dollar budget we can eliminate 2/3rds of illegal entries?
Reading-comprehension fail. 2/3 is the number of illegal immigrants a wall would not stop. That said, 1/3 is nothing to scoff at and should still be a no-brainer.
say we make it permanent and fire all furloughed workers. We might actually be able to balance the budge,
All government salaries combined account for around $200 billion. We could literally fire every single federal employee and we still wouldn't have even covered half the federal deficit ($779 billion last year).
Who's with me on this....
Nobody with a brain in their skull.
Airport Security? 9/11 2.0
Any time the run tests on what security screeners actually catch, it's something like an 70% failure rate - for things like guns. It is laughable to claim they are the reason we've not had more serious incidents.
A this point airline passengers are savvy enough there's never going to be a 9/11 2.0, even if you simply abolished the TSA...
You could easily replace that whole meaningless machinery with randomly placed undercover armed security on planes (the airlines could handle that, or government security when that was open) along with some light profiling in airport terminals.
The FDA isn't inspecting food right now
Gees dude can you not even read the WHOLE SUMMARY? They are for high risk products. But do you really think the food industry is not doing its own inspections as well?
Folks really, really underestimate how important and beneficial the government is.
With it shut down over a month now it seems we really, really don't.
There are some areas where it is useful but we could pair back a LOT of government and make people's lives better all around.
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"Why is keeping illegal border crossings open more important to Democrats than American's jobs? Really makes you wonder..."
Why wasnt it important to the Repubs BEFORE Dems took the house?
You guys had the sandbox all to yourself for 2 solid years, why didnt you build you little wall then?
Called in to work the current tax season. Without pay.
If there's anyone who should be comfortable with working, opening their pay envelope and finding nothing, it's the IRS. Welcome to the club.
Have gnu, will travel.
Meanwhile, in civilised countries, if a budget approval isn't given, the previous authorised budget is automatically continued until such time as a new budget is approved.
Nobody goes unpaid.
Government doesn't get shutdown.
Nobody has to implement emergency measures.
Everything carries on as it did before until someone can get changes approved and sign off on the new budget.
At no point does anything go any more unfunded/underfunded than it already was before the new budget was proposed.
It's almost like those other countries spotted what a stupid idea "shut down the government", including using it as blackmail, was many, many, many centuries ago and worked around it.
Israel's wall has been fairly effective:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier#Effectiveness
No barrier is perfectly effective. People break out of prisons on occasion - that doesn't discount the utility of prisons in general.
Using "perfection" as an excuse to leave our border unprotected is just stupid. Most people that are anti-wall should just admit they are open borders activists. No amount of border security will make them happy.
The legislation to open the government has already been passed by the Democrats.
The racist, sexist, senile bastard in the oval office threatened to veto the legislation. So his Republican lap dogs in the Senate just sit on their hands.
Presidents don't close the government unless they get specific funding on a controversial (not publicly supported) budgetary item (the wall). The United States of America has never worked like that.
Only in the traitorous despotic Trumpocracy would idiots expect government to work like that.
Clearly this wall money is to be nothing but a huge slush fund.
Where are you getting this $44trillion number from? US GDP is half that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_budget
Trump isn't even asking for anything like that. Check the budget docs yourself. Page 121. Unless you've somehow taken the budget numbers for 2019-2028 and mixed them up into one thing
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You use the same trick that state governments use when talking about public employee salaries - you talk about the current annual cost of salaries while ignoring long-term unfunded pension and healthcare liabilities.
The current estimates for unfunded federal pension liabilities are about $3.5 trillion.
Cutting the enormous federal bureaucracy makes a small short-term beneficial impact and a very large long-term beneficial impact. Cutting the federal government back to it's constitutionally defined responsibilities will go a long way to restoring sanity to our nation's finances.
If you want to see what a nation's finances looks like with too many people working for government - look at Greece. We are heading towards disaster if we don't do something about it now.
Due to the uncontrolled growth of state and federal governments, we have made long-term financial promises that can never be fulfilled. These liabilities will rob our children and grandchildren of their futures.
Why not pass the bill that is already on his desk? Trump is a terrorist.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
Israel's wall has been fairly effective:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier#Effectiveness
No barrier is perfectly effective. People break out of prisons on occasion - that doesn't discount the utility of prisons in general.
Using "perfection" as an excuse to leave our border unprotected is just stupid. Most people that are anti-wall should just admit they are open borders activists. No amount of border security will make them happy.
from the article you cited:
Haaretz reported, "[t]he security fence is no longer mentioned as the major factor in preventing suicide bombings, mainly because the terrorists have found ways to bypass it."[56] Former Israeli Secretary of Defence Moshe Arens says that the reduction in Palestinian violence is largely due to the IDF's entry into the West Bank in 2002.[57]
Maybe people who are for the wall should admit they haven't studied the issue and attribute false motivations to those who have?
When has this ever impressed financial institutes?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Trump derangement syndrome. Their hatred for him runs so deep that they're willing to do a complete 180 on border security just to stick it to him, the rest of us be damned.
If this was about border security then why didn’t the former governer of Texas, and US President for eight years ask for it?
Shit, the last two republican presidents were from Texas, the first Bush doubled down on the War on Drugs. Where was the stop everything and cut a check for all the wall I want back then? Clearly it wasn’t an emergency, and there’s nothing factual suggesting it is now. It’s plainly obvious that both parties are completely happy dolling out chunks of money for border security. The whole full wall funding now or else silver bullet bull shit isn’t fooling anyone but trumpkins.
By ... making it essentially unable to function.
Hell, this guy is better than ISIS ever could be! I mean, even blowing up two skyscrapers only shut down the country for a day, not for a full month!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
The dems are about to save you a shitload of money, by not allowing a goofball with delusions of grandeur to blow it on something that won't ever stop a single illegal immigrant.
That amount of money would be more than sufficient to actually DO something against illegal immigration. But since when did the Reps ever want to do that? Cheap labor that can't organize isn't easy to find inside the US, ya know...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
A local beer company says they may not be able to make "new" summer beers. The labels must be inspected and approved by the government (yes -- the labels, on the can). Their plan is to bring back last years summer beer because those labels are approved. There is a deadline for them to meet the summer demand - but with an expected backlog they still aren't sure they can make it.
Imagine - government killing innovation.
I hope they haven't started making that beer yet. It would be a money loser if it was already in the pipeline. sure they could come out with it later - but who wants to buy a Summer Ale during October Fest?
The shutdown is having a wide impact across several industries.
After the Republicans are slapped in the face again in 2020 (just like in the 2018 midterms), you racist morons will realize that you need to find politicians who at least pretend to not be racist, sexist bastards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump
Now would be a good time :(
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Congress can end this shutdown without the president's support or approval. They can pass a budget bill, and send it to the president. If he vetoes it, they can vote to override the veto.
I don't understand why more people aren't holding Congress to task on this. They literally don't need the president's buy-in at all to get a budget passed.
---- I'll take you in a Hunt deathmatch any day.
That's not possible without active code on the input page, which makes it slow and breaks it if browsers disable active code execution for security.
The dems are about to save you a shitload of money, by not allowing a goofball with delusions of grandeur to blow it on something that won't ever stop a single illegal immigrant.
Now, that's an exaggeration. It would probably stop a handful, at least. It wouldn't put any meaningful dent in the numbers, however.
On the other hand, I don't think that the wall would ever actually get built. They'd say they're building the wall, and they'd maybe make a token effort, and then the money would disappear into the usual pockets and then you'd see the outstretched hand return — or you'd see Trump's back side retreat into the distance, but you wouldn't see a wall. It's much like how he goes golfing every weekend on the premise that it's necessary for him to reduce his stress level and govern effectively. Bollocks, of course; he has no intention of doing any such thing.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
So, essentially, it's like the Alaskan Bridge to Nowhere all over again.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I know that sounds harsh, so here's somebody way more articulate than I am to explain why the verbiage is appropriate.
Trump & the GOP are testing us. This isn't about the wall, this about ruling by fiat by continuously threatening the security and stability of the United States. We can't let that stand. If we do we become a defacto dictatorship.
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Last I heard they'll deal if he puts DACA on the table for real (and not just a pinky promise not to deport them for 3 years which is what he just offered).
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Is the FDA shut down? I wonder if this could delay the release & approval of any medical devices or drugs. Now THAT would be a spectacular failure. Imagine the headlines: "Shutdown over border wall funding prevents release of life-saving drug." Or the reverse: what if a device or drug is approved in a rush since they fall behind, and due diligence is not done, and the device/drug kills someone?
First, it's not clear what it means for an "illegal border crossing" to be "kept open", but more importantly, the Democrats have already offered over a billion dollars to improve border security -- it's the $5.7B for a "wall" or "physical barrier" or "not a wall from sea to shining sea but merely a few improvements" that Trump's requesting that they're disagreeing with.
So Democrats want money for improved detainment facilities, additional judges to address the backlog of cases, and improved technology to provide a "virtual wall" in many locations, along with additional border agents? Hold that thought.
I'd also like to point out that while the scope of Trump's proposed border security "solution" keeps shrinking, the price tag does not. If he needed $5.7B to "build the wall!", then why isn't it considerably cheaper to implement his newly scaled down plan?
First off, it was always a "scaled-down" solution - he never proposed a border-to-border wall fro $5.7BN, he wanted $25BN for a border-to-border wall, to be built over time - you know, the wall Democrats voted for in 2006.
Second, he hasn't budged from $5.7BN because has the scope has been reduced, he's added money for improvements to detention facilities, additional judges to address the backlog, improved technology to monitor the border and additional border agents... But you knew that, right?
Ken
Maybe this is an opportunity to see where we can cut out some of the fat?
You just reminded me of this. TL;DR: the rich under fund the government, loan the gov't the money to operate and collect the interest on it. Then we pay the interest with our tax dollars.
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and the GOP figured they could pin the shutdown on them and tank their polls. It's a cheap political move that shows the GOP will throw America under a bus for their own political goals.
It's also terrorism. I mean, what else do you call it when you're using fear (in this case fear of the economic impacts of a gov't shutdown) to achieve a political end?
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That is where, the Democrats, were they reasonable humans, would say something like "How about 3 billion more for border security, only some of which may be used for new fencing, and the Dreamer extension you mentioned".
See how that works?
They already tried that. Then Trump said "am I going to get my wall?" and they said "no" and then he walked out. He claims he didn't slap his hands down on the table, they say he did. Did you forget all of this already, or just blink and miss it?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
They already tried that.
Nope. Link please as to what you think constitutes "trying".
Remember that a compromise ALSO does not mean, that one party gets absolutely nothing.
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It's not about the wall. Giving in will just encourage him and similar political personalities to do it again.
Table-ized A.I.
No, it gets modded down because it's off topic hatred being spewed by an imbecile.
Nobody is trying to disprove it because we just ignore the idiocy and move on to other posts relevant to the article.
Seriously.
Show of hands here.
How many people NOT doing IPOs and just going to their regular jobs every day, day in and day out miss the 800K non-essential employees of the government are not at work, but will be paid for doing nothing anyhow, once the shutdown is over?
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Significant parts of the border did have walls, fences, etc. erected / fortified during the Bush and Obama years. There was a study on it what would do the most good where for what costs, and a lot of the recommendations were followed thru on.
So Democrats want money for improved detainment facilities, additional judges to address the backlog of cases, and improved technology to provide a "virtual wall" in many locations, along with additional border agents? Hold that thought.
I would say Democrats want money for things like single payer and green energy (or big pharma and the entertainment industry, if you're more of a cynic), but it turns out that you're somewhat right -- "sensible immigration reform that keeps America’s promise" is the third point listed on the DNC's page itemizing their self-professed beliefs. Digging a bit deeper about what specific actions that might entail, I find this, but the closest reference to anything you describe may be "strengthening in-country... processing", which is quite a far cry from the explicit points you make. As such, I'm not sure if your claim about what Democrats want money for is entirely accurate. I don't doubt that some Democrats have wanted money for some of these policies in the past, or want money for them presently, and I also wouldn't be surprised if Democrats as a party were willing to support policies like this as part of a broader compromise with Republicans, but you're making a much stronger claim for which there doesn't seem to be sufficient evidence.
First off, it was always a "scaled-down" solution - he never proposed a border-to-border wall fro $5.7BN, he wanted $25BN for a border-to-border wall, to be built over time - you know, the wall Democrats voted for in 2006.
Presumably you're referring to H.R. 6061, 2006's Secure Fence Act, which both parties supported, but which was primarily opposed by Democrats (it's not clear why you'd think it was most accurate to describe this piece of legislation as "the wall Democrats voted for" and not "the wall Republicans voted for", since it enjoyed much greater support on the Republican side of the aisle). Note, the Secure Fence Act only included $1.4B in appropriations funding for the eponymous "Secure Fence" which it authorized, so it's not clear how you can cite the tepid support Democrats offered this earlier legislation (13 years ago, mind you) as evidence of Democrats' willingness to spend larger amounts on border security, whether $5.7B or $25B. At best, it's evidence that Democrats are willing to tolerate a certain nonzero level of spending increases when it comes to border security, which is consistent with what we're seeing today -- Democrats have offered some $1.3B-$1.6B in increased border funding in the last month or so.
Chuuch. Preach. Tabernacle.
Can you:
A) Not read.
B) Not remember what you just read.
Just curious since you seem to be ignoring what actually happened as in the news link I posted, instead just doubling down on your incorrect fantasy world.
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I think I corrected you before, so doesn't that make you the dumbest person on the planet you cannot learn from corrections?
Here's a wonderful opportunity for you to learn. Spending bills can be passed via Reconciliation in the Senate. Where they only need a simple majority.
Also, the continuing resolution that passed the Senate in December passed by 93-6. This is a lovely opportunity for you to learn that 93 is just a teeny-tiny bit larger than 60. (It needed to go back to the House for another vote because of Senate amendments. It was set to pass in the House when Ann Counter overruled Trump's approval of the bill, and Ryan refused to bring up the bill.)
That said, 1/3 is nothing to scoff at and should still be a no-brainer.
That assumes that 1/3rd are incapable of finding a ladder. Or an abrasive cut-off saw. Or a boat.
The "wall" is part of a border control system. Physical barriers must be surveilled and have human pickets available. The successful "walls" (built by Israel, Saudi, and Hungary) are monitored and patrolled. They don't just sit there awaiting circumvention or breaching.
Unfortunately the American public can't understand words longer than four letters so "wall" has taken over the discussion.
If "walls" don't work I must have hallucinated the Berlin Wall when I was stationed in West Germany. Those who want open borders should advocate suitable legislation.
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It is only a $5 billion pet project; hardly worth costing the country more than $5 billion in another manufactured crisis.
Remember the last manufactured crisis to create a hostage situation? Literally kidnapping children and holding them hostage; so how anybody couldn't see that this completely predictable if they were paying attention to his threats to his own party over his wall a year ago-- who didn't give it to him either.
The shutdown began before the Democrats got into office; he had a compromise he rejected multiple times and continues to do so while the SENATE CAN IGNORE TRUMP and pass something if Mitch would allow them to vote. (FYI, Mitch's wife works for Trump; aside from him probably being a stooge, Trump has a hold over him.)
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Where are you getting this $44trillion number from? US GDP is half that.
My apologies, I missed a decimal point.. it's $ 4.4 Trillion... But my "real life" example numbers are still in the correct ratio. $57 vrs $44,000 income.
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My wife and I have been depending on Obamacare subsidies for our healthcare while she takes care of her elderly parents and I take care of mine.
First of all, the new administration demanded a lot of extra paperwork this year to prove that our part-time jobs did not offer healthcare.
Now, after a lot of hassle, we've uploaded our documents -- but now -- there are no federal workers around to approve them and turn the subsides on.
Because of our age, we're now paying ~$2000/mo for heathcare.
We are lucky -- we have savings to cover it and get it back with next year's tax refund.
But, for the folks the subsidy was intended for -- poor low-income workers -- they will be losing their insurance.
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was the one in charge.
"I should be in charge," said the brain, "Because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen."
"I should be in charge," said the blood , "because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you'd all waste away."
"I should be in charge," said the stomach , "because I process food and give all of you energy."
"I should be in charge," said the legs , "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go."
"I should be in charge," said the eyes, "Because I allow the body to see where it goes."
"I should be in charge," said the rectum , "Because I'm responsible for waste removal."
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight.
Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic. They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
The Moral of the story?
The ass hole is usually in charge!