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well government is shut down will talk about what that means big newsday
Obamacare
exchange registration has opened conservatives are going completely
apoplectic as a result of some website trouble we'll talk about that
but first the government shutdown Louis house republicans basically gave up
I'm trying to keep the government open as it's being called as the clock ticked
to midnight last night they instead wanted to appoint a conference committee
to come up with the funding measure which Democrats immediately rejected so
let's figure out would actually does it but what does it mean that government is
shut down
don't worry your elected officials are still getting paid I know most about
Lewis were very worried that
senators and members of congress we're going to get their paychecks
I know you are worried lou is they will still get their paychecks
I'm I'm so thrilled the takers still going to be getting paid during this
so the Coast Guard is going to have to cut back on routine patrols
400,000 Department of Defense employees are going to be given
unpaid vacations known as furloughs death benefits for military families may
be delayed
Republican support the troops though everybody remember that during the
nineteen nineties government shutdown applications for gun permits were
delayed
because if ATF furloughs a
freedom you need to be able to get guns I guess there's gonna be some delays
there
a hundreds of US Forest Service workers are going to be facing furloughs
during peak forest fire season the OSHA Occupational Safety and Health
Administration is going to halt regular inspections
who needs those Louis there's never plants that explode in places like West
Texas
which haven't been I inspect it for a long time that never happens that's no
big deal
national parks are closed that's bad for hotels restaurants
hey Republican support small business don't you forget that
food inspections the grain inspection Packers and stockyards administration
warned oven inability to investigate alleged violations
don't worry Louis we don't have any problems from lack of food inspection in
this country
oh wait most years most more people die from foodborne illness than from
terrorism
don't worry about that Lewis sup freedom and liberty and and and patriotism all
that stuff
the biggest point here is military recruiters
a drug enforcement agents they're still reporting for duty
but food inspectors and off-duty firefighters they're being sent home
its it's an amazing thing Lewis this government shutdown
even the government shutdown itself really doesn't hurt
those who are in power they still get paid they still get whatever they need
it just hurts I hate to use the term the little guy
but it just hurts average people yeah and I guarantee you if by
if republicans they'd have to you
you know well Republican politicians and elected officials had to
lose their wages this wouldn't be happening I know and we're gonna
we're gonna get to a clip about that before we go to that who do you blame
for this most americans do understand that this is a republican-led
a a government shutdown I mean the republicans have been threatening
for years and saying that a government a government shutdown would be good
they've been holding this over people's heads over democrats had
for so long republicans are now taking the position this is amazing
the position that keeping the government open
is a compromise is the position if republicans
how is it Lewis that one of the two 1 I've
one above the two parties that even wield any power
in the United States political system
thinks that merely keeping government open
signifies a compromise can you imagine anything more absurd
its I i truly cannot wrap my head around it I I just don't understand how you you
adopt this mentality
it's clearly just yep here obstruction
obstructionism and I immaturity to be honest and remember a lot of this is
over Obamacare
a law democratically past
and upheld as constitutional by the highest legal
authority in the United States the Supreme Court
a lot of this negotiation and stubbornness and digging
sticking their heads in the sand much of this
is because i've a democratically passed law
that has been verified as constitutional by the Supreme Court
it's the law its I don't know how else to say this Louis it is the law of the
land that is it
it is and it seems that most of the people in this country are behind it so
you think the people they represent them would be to you