Government Shutdown

[Denny]

lol damn. I was looking for a link

Looks like they only got taxpayer funded abortions banned in DC.



Nothing about the EPA.

Shit... DC is where they need it the most!

[big_tiger]

Welcome to 48 minutes ago.

lol damn. I was looking for a link

Looks like they only got taxpayer funded abortions banned in DC.

Anti-abortion lawmakers succeeded in winning a provision to ban the use of federal or local government funds to pay for abortions in the District of Columbia.

Nothing about the EPA.

[slow99]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_...nding_showdown

A deal was made.

Welcome to 48 minutes ago. Please let me know if California breaks off in the next 3/4 of an hour.

[big_tiger]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_re_us/us_spending_showdown

A deal was made.

[Denny]

I just heard the military is getting a 150% pay cut!

Whew... at least it's not all of it.

[slow99]

I just heard the military is getting a 150% pay cut!

x150

[Broncojohnny]

I'm just glad I'm gonna get paid. Had me a little worried there

I just heard the military is getting a 150% pay cut!

[exlude]

Deal reached!

Awaiting the terms now.

I'm just glad I'm gonna get paid. Had me a little worried there

[slow99]

Because your inane idiocy is pointed out? Maybe you should consider a trip to PP and ask the doctors to terminate you. That would save more air for me.

I agree 150%.

[Sean88gt]

Wow. Now I remember why I never visit this website anymore.

Because your inane idiocy is pointed out? Maybe you should consider a trip to PP and ask the doctors to terminate you. That would save more air for me.

[Denny]

Deal reached!

Awaiting the terms now.

[slow06]

For one, PP is very essential. Without it, thousands of women would likely die every year. Second, the preventative services it provides save the federal government money. Defund it and you're actually losing more money over the long haul.

PP is not essential. Countries can exist without it.

It may save us money over the long haul, but that is because we would pick up the slack with some other entitlement program. I would cut or steeply reduce the others also since they fall under this same line of thinking IMO, so there goes that.

Every service they provide (as far as I know) is available at a private doctor. Each one is a privilege if you can afford it, not a right that other people should subsidize.

If you can afford an abortion then by all means get one*. If you need some sort of STD screening then pay for it. The reason we have PP may be because some people just can't afford things, and that I can live with. The problem is it has ballooned into propping up Americans who don't know how to manage their money or would rather spend it on a PlayStation than an STD screening or condoms. Same goes for the other entitlement programs.

The bottom line is it is not the government's job to provide those services, they are readily available elsewhere. If you can't afford it I'm sorry, but everybody can't afford everything. People have to learn to live without the things they can't afford.

*I vehemently disagree with abortion, but for the sake of this argument it's just an example. i don't think it is the federal governments place to regulate it either way.

[SMEGMA STENCH]

This...

Since when is someone's fucking herpes my problem? Why do I need to pay for the treatment, or a girl's birth control, etc. Defund that mother fucker.

Haha! Good stuff. And true. Although I do like the fact that a lot of what they do helps keep the population down.

Still waiting for Paladin

I don't think he's ever coming back. I know where he went though, he can be found over there at any time.

[Denny]

"Fuck the poor" is a little harsh. I do believe in helping those less fortunate than myself, but it should be ME deciding who/when I should help... not the government. I think everyone would be surprised to see just how much help people would get from others without government intervention.

[8mpg]

And I should pay for ANYTHING at planned parenthood for what reason again?

Fuck the poor! That's right, I said it.

This...

Since when is someone's fucking herpes my problem? Why do I need to pay for the treatment, or a girl's birth control, etc. Defund that mother fucker.