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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoesn't shutting down the Federal Government create more of an emergency than not building a wall?
All those TSA workers out on sick leave can't be good for our "War on Terrorism."
bluestarone
(16,906 posts)But i guess the REPUBS are BLIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
unblock
(52,196 posts)which causes more widespread damage than even a whole bunch of actual terrorists sneaking through a wall-less border could reasonable cause.
but we always knew that the real emergency was having a donnie in the white house....
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Once that happens, it's over.
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)Food safety inspectors are considered essential and are being required to report in without promise of pay. Once they go, youll get shuttered slaughterhouses, produce moldering in warehouses and piling up at ports and loading docks. Cant ship what hasnt been inspected properly to market.
Dealing with the physical and psychological impact of a potential terrorist attack is one thing. Breaking the nations food supply chain is entirey on a different magnitude.
jalan48
(13,859 posts)Once the regulatory structures are broken it will be difficult to replace them without total control of government by the Democrats.
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)It doesnt matter if youre rich or poor, white or black, gay or straight. Everyone has got to eat. It grinds my gears that this potential crisis is going unreported by the MSM.
Right now, Im eyeballing learning to can my own food and make preserves. Ive been googling what vegetables grow well at this time of year. Plant a furlough garden. Maybe Im overreacting, but Mango Unchained isnt being at all reassuring.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts).It will only frustrate you.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/trump-speech/579850/?fbclid=IwAR3LxVE5e8s2N0qgBi-haRRjGS6IZ7k0toxa-13RtAazXnJiaWfDL1EljLo
Why would anyone in Dolt45's administration think this out? They are incapable of planning ahead for anything other than stealing our money.