While I have talked about the government shutting down first time was in March, which we avoided, and now with our current shut down what has unfolded is beyond what I ever imagined. If you were going to tell me last month that we were gearing up for the longest government shut down and had already become the longest complete government shut down I would have told you that you were crazy. The worst case scenario that I saw coming was a two week shut down. Long enough to hit federal workers paychecks and the outcry to cause the minority to stand down.
We have blown that out of the water now and the question has shifted in my opinion to what is going to get the Senate Democrats to open up the government. Both sides are dug in and with the House out again this week due to the shut down there is really no room or ability to negotiate. This is also blowing up the full year funding bills that we were expecting to pass by November 21st.
Last week we were informed that if the Senate did not pass the spending bill by Thursday it was unlikely that we would get paid on time (Oct. 31 the last work day of the month) due to the furloughs and the time it would take to spin everything back up. Never did I see this happening I mean after all House Staffers only get paid once a month. Here we are though and now I've already begun moving money to cover bills due the beginning of the next month.
The concern though is if this does not end within the first few days of November when SNAP lapses that we could face a government shut down through November and into December. SNAP benefits are the only off ramp that Senate Dems have and if they do not take it then I have no idea what would be the next thing baring some sort of natural disaster.
Thankfully I had money I can pull from easily this first missed paycheck but after that its going to be me freeing up cash via selling off stocks and crypto. Thank you BTC and years of stacking for giving me quite a nice stack to pull from but at the same time.... wtf Senate Dems you are forcing me to offload my BTC because you backed yourself into a corner and blew up everything on the way.
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