Government Shutdown - September, 2025 Editiion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut. It. Down.

Amen!

The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) is approximately 2,000 pages long, but when including agency supplements and specific rules, it can exceed 5,000 pages.

As of 2024, the Federal Register contained approximately 71,222 pages. This number can vary each year based on the volume of documents published.

The IRS tax code is approximately 6,871 pages long, and when including federal tax regulations and official guidance, the total can rise to about 75,000 pages.

That doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens every time Congress takes some action. Congress passes a law, then agencies need to figure out how to implement it, via rulemaking. There's years and years and layers and layers and I honestly doubt Congress or others at this point are even able to make sense of much of it to understand what's already in it.

It's still baffling why, rather than trying to oppress federal workers and force them out, and cripple agencies with yet more arbitrary rules and redundant oversight over expenditures greater than $100k, that DOGE didn't use AI to go through the FAR and other regulatory documents to find areas of redundancy, inconsistency, and so on to get it cleaned up and simplified?

Because AI isn't up to the job. Yet. It's creative and insightful, but it doesn't have the 100% reliability you need to correctly assess such texts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut. It. Down.

Amen!

The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) is approximately 2,000 pages long, but when including agency supplements and specific rules, it can exceed 5,000 pages.

As of 2024, the Federal Register contained approximately 71,222 pages. This number can vary each year based on the volume of documents published.

The IRS tax code is approximately 6,871 pages long, and when including federal tax regulations and official guidance, the total can rise to about 75,000 pages.

lol seem pretty reasonable. The US government spends $6.8 trillion yearly yet you think there should be no rules? The IRS collects $5.1 trillion
each year, processes 165 million individual tax returns and 34.8 million business returns but you think what exactly?

What are you a moron? How the f do you MAGAs live in the real world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:100%

The dems won't help and the GOP can't govern.

So the Democrat plan is to "own" MAGA by refusing to help and hurt the country?

No, the MAGAs are good at self own, they don't need help.

[Anonymous]

Good news everyone...Trump is meeting with Congressional leaders tomorrow. So I'm sure these reasonable public servants will come up with a solution that meets the needs of the American people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut. It. Down.

Amen!

The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) is approximately 2,000 pages long, but when including agency supplements and specific rules, it can exceed 5,000 pages.

As of 2024, the Federal Register contained approximately 71,222 pages. This number can vary each year based on the volume of documents published.

The IRS tax code is approximately 6,871 pages long, and when including federal tax regulations and official guidance, the total can rise to about 75,000 pages.

That doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens every time Congress takes some action. Congress passes a law, then agencies need to figure out how to implement it, via rulemaking. There's years and years and layers and layers and I honestly doubt Congress or others at this point are even able to make sense of much of it to understand what's already in it.

It's still baffling why, rather than trying to oppress federal workers and force them out, and cripple agencies with yet more arbitrary rules and redundant oversight over expenditures greater than $100k, that DOGE didn't use AI to go through the FAR and other regulatory documents to find areas of redundancy, inconsistency, and so on to get it cleaned up and simplified?

Because AI isn't up to the job. Yet. It's creative and insightful, but it doesn't have the 100% reliability you need to correctly assess such texts.

No and I didn't say to have AI just spit out a clean version. Nobody does that - or if they are, they are fools who don't understand AI. But AI definitely could be used to flag sections for redundancy and inconsistency and extraneous complexity and make suggestions, for a human subject matter expert to review.

[Anonymous]

No shut down. Weak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No shut down. Weak.

Where is this reported?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No shut down. Weak.

Where is this reported?

It hasn't been - just wishful thinking from Republicans saying "oh we can wait til after we deal with the shutdown to deal with ACA subsidies etc" which is a bullshit tactic meaning the Republicans WON'T extend the subsidies or Medicare funds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good news everyone...Trump is meeting with Congressional leaders tomorrow. So I'm sure these reasonable public servants will come up with a solution that meets the needs of the American people.

Bwahahahaha

[Anonymous]

What do you think will result from the meeting tomorrow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think will result from the meeting tomorrow?

Trump will say the quiet part out loud with the cameras rolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut. It. Down.

Amen!

The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) is approximately 2,000 pages long, but when including agency supplements and specific rules, it can exceed 5,000 pages.

As of 2024, the Federal Register contained approximately 71,222 pages. This number can vary each year based on the volume of documents published.

The IRS tax code is approximately 6,871 pages long, and when including federal tax regulations and official guidance, the total can rise to about 75,000 pages.

That doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens every time Congress takes some action. Congress passes a law, then agencies need to figure out how to implement it, via rulemaking. There's years and years and layers and layers and I honestly doubt Congress or others at this point are even able to make sense of much of it to understand what's already in it.

It's still baffling why, rather than trying to oppress federal workers and force them out, and cripple agencies with yet more arbitrary rules and redundant oversight over expenditures greater than $100k, that DOGE didn't use AI to go through the FAR and other regulatory documents to find areas of redundancy, inconsistency, and so on to get it cleaned up and simplified?

Because AI isn't up to the job. Yet. It's creative and insightful, but it doesn't have the 100% reliability you need to correctly assess such texts.

No and I didn't say to have AI just spit out a clean version. Nobody does that - or if they are, they are fools who don't understand AI. But AI definitely could be used to flag sections for redundancy and inconsistency and extraneous complexity and make suggestions, for a human subject matter expert to review.

Yes, I agree it could do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shut. It. Down.

Amen!

The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) is approximately 2,000 pages long, but when including agency supplements and specific rules, it can exceed 5,000 pages.

As of 2024, the Federal Register contained approximately 71,222 pages. This number can vary each year based on the volume of documents published.

The IRS tax code is approximately 6,871 pages long, and when including federal tax regulations and official guidance, the total can rise to about 75,000 pages.

That doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens every time Congress takes some action. Congress passes a law, then agencies need to figure out how to implement it, via rulemaking. There's years and years and layers and layers and I honestly doubt Congress or others at this point are even able to make sense of much of it to understand what's already in it.

It's still baffling why, rather than trying to oppress federal workers and force them out, and cripple agencies with yet more arbitrary rules and redundant oversight over expenditures greater than $100k, that DOGE didn't use AI to go through the FAR and other regulatory documents to find areas of redundancy, inconsistency, and so on to get it cleaned up and simplified?

Because AI isn't up to the job. Yet. It's creative and insightful, but it doesn't have the 100% reliability you need to correctly assess such texts.

No and I didn't say to have AI just spit out a clean version. Nobody does that - or if they are, they are fools who don't understand AI. But AI definitely could be used to flag sections for redundancy and inconsistency and extraneous complexity and make suggestions, for a human subject matter expert to review.

Yes, I agree it could do that.

And then actual people who actually understand legal language would have to review those flags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you think will result from the meeting tomorrow?

Trump will make promises that he and the GOP never intend to keep.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know what time the meeting today will be?