Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 14:05     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


As someone who has a pretty good chance of getting RIFed when we reopen (or before), they could be my health premiums too. And I didn't vote for this. We need to slow down the wreckage, it's not like letting Republicans destroy the government unchecked only hurts half of us.


This. There are plenty of non-republicans who need the healthcare subsidies. Any one of us could end up out of work and purchasing our own health insurance.


What were people paying before these subsidies came during covid? Genuine question, I’m not really familiar with the details of ACA costs.

I’ve heard costs could up to $22K a year for a couple or a family, so besides the usual healthcare cost increases to everyone on non-ACA plans, why so much on ACA?
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 14:05     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Gotta say if we don't reopen for another month or whatever - I'll take it. Staying quiet IRL as I'm sure most govt workers and my coorworkers disagree.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 14:03     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


Yeah I’m there too. I appreciate Dems trying to save these people from themselves, but sorry folks, you get what you voted for.



Another +1

I didn’t sign up to protect the American people from the consequences of their own votes. Stop coddling them and let the subsidies expire. If they don’t like the cost increase then they can stop voting for people who prioritize tax breaks for billionaires and giving our money away to foreign counties.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 13:02     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


+1
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 12:22     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


As someone who has a pretty good chance of getting RIFed when we reopen (or before), they could be my health premiums too. And I didn't vote for this. We need to slow down the wreckage, it's not like letting Republicans destroy the government unchecked only hurts half of us.


This. There are plenty of non-republicans who need the healthcare subsidies. Any one of us could end up out of work and purchasing our own health insurance.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 11:22     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LAX flights halted because of staffing shortages and trainee controllers dropping out of the academy. Let’s go ATCs!!! Let’s go TSA and flight attendants’ union!! We’re relying on you to end this.



This won’t be the issue you think it is.

The billionaire class fly private jets and can land anywhere, at uncontrolled smaller airports. Then have a helicopter make up any distance. They do this often anyways, because large airports like LAX can introduce delays.


This would greatly impact working people at the top of corporations that do not use private planes. All of the partners at my large top firm fly commercial usually weekly.


The oligarch class knows that the world can run just fine off zoom — if the “top firms” have to telework a few more meetings, that isn’t going to move the needle — and those firms are just support staff to the Mag7 masters of the universe. It’s like worrying your janitor has to take the bus because the subway is flooded.

That shutdown was pre-COVID, there are different expectations now.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 11:18     Subject: Re:Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Largest federal workers union calls for an end to the shutdown, putting pressure on Democrats”:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/afge-largest-federal-workers-union-end-shutdown-rcna239767



Odd, their statements does not mention Democrats. Why did NBC editorialize the content?

“ “Both political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley wrote in a statement first shared with NBC News. “It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship.””


They editorialized the headline, which they do all the time.

For the largest federal employee union to call for Dems to pass the “clean” CR, it does put pressure on them. If they’ve lost the union that’s been fighting the administration on RIFs, etc…


No it’s not just headline. In the body the copy claims it but there is no relation the quote or attribution to a source
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:44     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


As someone who has a pretty good chance of getting RIFed when we reopen (or before), they could be my health premiums too. And I didn't vote for this. We need to slow down the wreckage, it's not like letting Republicans destroy the government unchecked only hurts half of us.


I doubt the Republicans are keeping the government shut down for health premiums, and I doubt they want most feds to work. So keeping things shut down is perceived by most Republicans as a good thing
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:41     Subject: Re:Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job


Yep, exactly where I am.


DP - I completely agree, but I don’t think they’ll make the connection between them FA and now FO. I have no idea what it will take to make them realize and actually do something differently in the future.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:39     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
The Dems are too talentless and gutless to stop anything. Stop hoping for the Governance Fairy to fix this mess.
The time to stop this has passed. The entire Biden era Justice apparatus failed us. Read the story of how it failed yet again (gift article) in trying to prosecute in FL.
https://wapo.st/3J7wJmO

Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:38     Subject: Re:Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:“Largest federal workers union calls for an end to the shutdown, putting pressure on Democrats”:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/afge-largest-federal-workers-union-end-shutdown-rcna239767



Odd, their statements does not mention Democrats. Why did NBC editorialize the content?

“ “Both political parties have made their point, and still there is no clear end in sight,” American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley wrote in a statement first shared with NBC News. “It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today. No half measures, and no gamesmanship.””


I have suspected they are iffy when reporting, now I know they are. I’ll get my news from valid and reliable sources, thank you very much. I heard the same news this morning but no political party was mentioned.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:35     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


As someone who has a pretty good chance of getting RIFed when we reopen (or before), they could be my health premiums too. And I didn't vote for this. We need to slow down the wreckage, it's not like letting Republicans destroy the government unchecked only hurts half of us.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:30     Subject: Re:Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job


Yep, exactly where I am.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:28     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
Anonymous wrote:I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.


Yeah I’m there too. I appreciate Dems trying to save these people from themselves, but sorry folks, you get what you voted for.

Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 10:24     Subject: Seems that Government won't reopen in October (before his Asia)
I am tired of being out of work to rescue the health care premiums of the residents of FL. They voted for Ron DeSantis and sent Republicans to the Hill - let them feel what they voted for and let me go do my job.