Government to Shut Down After Midnight Barring Last Minute Breakthrough
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The US government is set to shut down after midnight due to a lack of agreement on a new budget, with commenters expressing frustration and concern over the political stalemate.
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(The country is the US btw)
Given this tendency, it seems like this shutdown could be worse and longer than past shutdowns. Combined with the AI bubble, tariffs, and poor job numbers, I wonder if this could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
"Republicans are pressing a clean stopgap bill to fund agencies through November 21, while Democrats insist on extending health-care subsidies and reversing recent Medicaid cuts in any deal."
https://kite.kagi.com/ecc8e0de-f9d3-421c-99cb-9b165e14e9c6/w...
How would you ever know what was going on if it didn't? /s
"Nice civil service you got here. Be a shame if something happened to it."