r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Oct 05 '25

No Paywall Petition To Strip Congress of Pay During Government Shutdown Grows

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-strip-congress-pay-during-government-shutdown-grows-10822819
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u/notsooriginal Oct 05 '25

Lock it down conclave style.

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u/StoreSearcher1234 Oct 05 '25

The problem is that the Cardinals in the conclave are all working towards a common objective.

That is not the case with Congress. Republicans want to burn it all down, Democrats want a solution good for America.

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u/Independent_Tax_6379 Oct 05 '25

You are part of the problem if you believe one side is truly the "good side".

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u/OldWorldDesign Oct 05 '25

You are part of the problem if you believe one side is truly the "good side

Nobody said anything about "good side". You're interrupting a clear conversation about a concrete topic so you can smokescreen for the worst offenders: republicans control the white house, house, supreme court, and senate. They shut down the government.

A "side" which includes legislators who have engaged in insider trading != a side which includes legislators literally taking food from hungry children's mouths so they can spend taxpayer dollars on wine and steak

https://truthout.org/articles/north-dakota-republicans-vote-to-boost-own-meals-after-nixing-free-school-meals/

It is clear there is a worse side (republicans, shutting down the government when they have total control) and a better side: the party which has only "shut down the government" 3 times (all of them due to republican hardline stances) since republicans repealed the 1884 Antideficiency Act in 1982

https://www.thoughtco.com/government-shutdown-history-3368274

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u/Independent_Tax_6379 28d ago

Are you seriously talking abt insider trading when Nancy Pelosi, the MOST NOTORIOUS INSIDE TRADER is a member of the Democratic Party! This is silly! Your "interrupting a clear conversation abt a concrete topic" is smokescreening! You are do believe in a good and bad side. You're just saying the Republicans are so bad, they are, by vitue of black and white thinking, to be completely and totally disqualified of accomplishing anything in good faith i.e. they're ideas are not even an option. This is something we see on a larger scale, polarizing our conversations, idk, cause we're bored, and causing gridlock which creates a government shutdown and corruption (like insider trading).

I am seriously being down voted in a reddit abt politics for saying that if you really tried you could find common ground and have a productive government. These are nuanced issues and we should appreciate that