Government stalemate

[Angel Oracle]

How long will the two parties act like children, and be defiant of one another? 

[Adam]

This is the result of politicians making the transition from self-serving, corporate whores to celebrity-self-serving, corporate whores.

[Blarg]

The funny part is they are still getting paid for still not doing their job that caused the shutdown.

[tdawg87]

The funny part is they are still getting paid for still not doing their job that caused the shutdown.

Vacation! ......again!

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Not only are they getting paid but the shutdown ultimately costs money in the end and doesn't save any.  They'll come to some kind of agreement before the government 'runs out of money' October 17th but ultimately it means little or nothing if they don't start to address entitlement programs. 

[Angel Oracle]

The ONLY hope is to cut back on what people get per month in Social Security and also increase the age to start collecting (currently at age 62.5, age 66, or age 70 with increasing benefits for each).   Maybe changing those ages to say 65, 70, and 75?

As for Medicare, age 65 may have to be pushed back to say age 70, and benefits reduced.

 

Why those ages weren't increased a decade or two back is beyond me, given that life expectancies had already improved significantly by then.

Edited October 3, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[arch stanton]

The only hope is to have the corporations who make record profits pay record taxes. If they don't like it then they can just not sell their Chinese crap to the 300 million ravenous consumers in the US.

[shellback]

a good solution would be to take them all outside and shoot them.

maybe then the next bunch would do thier jobs.

[Lhalo]

The only hope is to have the corporations who make record profits pay record taxes. If they don't like it then they can just not sell their Chinese crap to the 300 million ravenous consumers in the US.

You're consistent Arch, I'll give you that.

[arch stanton]

You're consistent Arch, I'll give you that.

And correct. Don't forget correct.

[2002_halos_II]

The ONLY hope is to cut back on what people get per month in Social Security and also increase the age to start collecting (currently at age 62.5, age 66, or age 70 with increasing benefits for each).   Maybe changing those ages to say 65, 70, and 75?

As for Medicare, age 65 may have to be pushed back to say age 70, and benefits reduced.

 

Why those ages weren't increased a decade or two back is beyond me, given that life expectancies had already improved significantly by then.

Are you assuming out of work seniors are collecting some form of pension?

[Angel Oracle]

Not pensions, as much as the fact that people are working well past age 65 over the past decade.

65 WAS the norm, until the past decade or two.

[Adam]

Where do people over 65 work? I'll be honest, other than some dive diners I don't see a work force of geezers out there

[arch stanton]

Where do people over 65 work? I'll be honest, other than some dive diners I don't see a work force of geezers out there

When I was working at Boeing in St Louis there were many workers there who had retired from Boeing with benefits and were doing their old jobs as contractors. I think this is pretty normal in some industries now.

[Angel Oracle]

Where do people over 65 work? I'll be honest, other than some dive diners I don't see a work force of geezers out there

You obviously haven't been to a basketball game at the Anaheim CC recently.   Most of the ushers seem to be at least 70.  

[Adam]

Ahhh... Ok. Ushers, Marshals on a golf course. That makes sense. I doubt those dudes need the coin though. They probably just hate their wives.

[nate]

Jon Stewart making fun of Fox News is always entertaining.

 

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-3-2013/shutstorm-2013--america-sits-on-its-balls---bias-on-bulls--t-mountain?xrs=synd_facebook_100413_tds_6

[Crampknees]

Ahhh... Ok. Ushers, Marshals on a golf course. That makes sense. I doubt those dudes need the coin though. They probably just hate their wives.

Don't pick on the Marshals on the golf course, I actually just started doing that. Man is it boring but I was paying $210 a month for dues and now I sub about 3 times a month and they never say anything no matter how many times my daughter or I play.  

 

Now that I admitted that I am officially old now.  The cart girls only like me for my personality.   

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Love the attitude of people like Rep. Renee Elmers (R-NC). When asked why she isn't donating her paycheck to charity like some other members are doing, she replied, "I need my paycheck. That's the bottom line. I understand that there may be some other members who are deferring their paychecks, and I think that's admirable. I'm not in that position."

 

She doesn't seem to mind forcing the same thing on people who make far less, however.

[Spirit]

[Angel Oracle]

I take back what I said.

They are acting not like children, but like infants!

 

All they care about is how they look, and not the American people.

Well, I'd say acting like infants makes you look stupid, Obama, Reid, Boner, Pelosi, Cruz, et al.

[fan_since79]

Where do people over 65 work? I'll be honest, other than some dive diners I don't see a work force of geezers out there

 

I spoke with a woman yesterday whose grandfather is 92 years old and still working as a longshoreman. 

[Jay]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/exclusive-house-gym-remains-open-during-shutdown/

 

Exclusive House, Senate Gyms Remain Open During Shutdown

[2002_halos_II]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/exclusive-house-gym-remains-open-during-shutdown/

 

Exclusive House, Senate Gyms Remain Open During Shutdown

They have to keep busy doing SOMETHING. Wonder if the barber shop is open?

[Lhalo]

Here's a cheat sheet for what is shut down.

http://labs.enigma.io/shutdown2013/