Marcus Johnson wrote:
It would be so great if Ted "shut down the government "Cruz actually did win the republican nomination. As it would insure a victory for Hillary Clinton. LOL! :lol:
Cruz was not the president when part of the government was shut down. Oh, did you forget it was you leader in stupid that did that.
The so-called government shutdown only affected just 17 percent of the entire federal government, according to spending calculations.
The numbers are based on information requested from the Senate Budget Committee, as well as data from the Obama administration and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. A Senate Republican source verified the calculation to FoxNews.com, after it was first reported by The Washington Examiner.
The calculation that 83 percent of the government was still running shows how some parts of the government -- unless the country loses its ability to borrow -- simply cannot be shut down, even if Congress is unable to agree on a spending bill as happened.
The bulk of the federal budget goes toward what is known as "mandatory" programs -- entitlements like Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. These payments cannot be interrupted in the case of a partial government shutdown.
The government really only has about 35 percent of the federal budget to play with, and most of that is defense spending.
The calculation from Senate Republicans starts with the assumption the government will pay appropriations obligated before the shutdown of $512 billion, and will spend $225 billion on exempted military and civilian personnel, spread out over the year. It also assumed Washington will pay out entitlement benefits of roughly $2 trillion for the year, and pay debt interest of $237 billion. This equals about 83 percent of projected 2014 spending of $3.6 trillion.
However, the cutbacks -- which include some government services put on hold and hundreds of thousands of federal employees being furloughed -- have still been felt, perhaps most notably in the closure of national parks and monuments. That was so notable of you boy stupid, to stop the white house tours and prevent veterans form interring there memorials. That was not Cruz doing that jack ass.
The slim down entered its seventh day Monday, and Congress returned to Capitol Hill.
The Senate voted Monday afternoon on a House measure, passed 407-0, to pay the furloughed workers once the budget dispute is resolved.
So look to your own for that shut down.
The entire Government was controlled by you fool dummycrats. And you think it was Cruz. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.
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