$1.2 Trillion later, we can keep the gubment open. Woohoo! - 03/22/24 06:57 PM
... til September.
That's right, now the government can stay open til September.
Just to put that in perspective, if you're the average taxpayer, that's $10,000. $10,000 from you, 10G from your spouse. 10G from all 120,000,000 of us that pay taxes... for a six month stay. 🤣
How did we arrive at this glorious day, you ask? A "bipartisan" (that's the magic word these days) spending package was introduced and voted on less than 24 hours later (just in time to save the day!). It's over 1000 pages, but don't worry, it's all good! "Act quickly" says Schumer, "we'll need bipartisan cooperation to pass it before Friday's deadline and avoid a shutdown."
As I close my eyes and thank my lucky stars that we avoided this "shutdown", I start to imagine a world...
A world where someone knocks on my door waving a six-inch-thick book around. He smiles and tells me "this is great news for you, now hand me a check for twenty grand and I won't bother you til September."
WE DESERVE THIS until we do something to stop it.
That's right, now the government can stay open til September.
Just to put that in perspective, if you're the average taxpayer, that's $10,000. $10,000 from you, 10G from your spouse. 10G from all 120,000,000 of us that pay taxes... for a six month stay. 🤣
How did we arrive at this glorious day, you ask? A "bipartisan" (that's the magic word these days) spending package was introduced and voted on less than 24 hours later (just in time to save the day!). It's over 1000 pages, but don't worry, it's all good! "Act quickly" says Schumer, "we'll need bipartisan cooperation to pass it before Friday's deadline and avoid a shutdown."
As I close my eyes and thank my lucky stars that we avoided this "shutdown", I start to imagine a world...
A world where someone knocks on my door waving a six-inch-thick book around. He smiles and tells me "this is great news for you, now hand me a check for twenty grand and I won't bother you til September."
WE DESERVE THIS until we do something to stop it.