• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    5 months ago

    If the economy is circling the drain, I guess a government shutdown is a brilliant strategy to just stop reporting the numbers and pretend everything’s fine!

    • 陆船。
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      5 months ago

      DOGE won. The media cycle this shutdown feels like there is almost no impetus to restart public services.

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        4 months ago

        Capitalist entities will revolt if many of the suspended services aren’t restarted.

        Walmart’s entire labour strategy collapses without SNAP and Medicaid preventing the company’s workers from starving to death.