SunflierNov 9

Trump Thinks Canceled Flights, Long TSA Lines, and Chaotic Airports Will End the Shutdown. He’s Wrong.

https://lemmy.world/post/38550381

Trump Wants to Create Chaos at Airports to Push Democrats to End the Shutdown. About That … - Lemmy.World

>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at a press conference Wednesday that “high-volume” airports will begin to see traffic cuts on Friday, with air traffic declining by 10 percent by next week. … >Unlike the targeting of blue-state infrastructure projects, there’s no feasible way for the government to own the libs via the manipulation of airport traffic. Democrats and Republicans both take commercial flights . . …

Show threadCerebralHawksNov 9
Democrats are trying to end the shutdown. They offered to give the ACA just a year to be reassessed, but they won’t let the Republicans take health care from people. That’s their line.
Show threadxyzzyNov 9

They should never have offered a one-year extension. Budgets are approved every two years, so it just means people will lose their coverage in one year.

But more broadly, fascism should not be treated like normal, and certainly should not be funded. But I don’t know what it will take to snap people out of their complacency.

Show threadbooly

Budgets are approved every two years, so it just means people will lose their coverage in one year.

The budget process is an annual process. Not sure where you’re getting the idea that it’s a 2-year budget.

There are 2-year appropriations, but that’s less common than the default 1-year. There are also other multi year appropriations and no-year appropriations that don’t expire at all (agencies can spend the money until it’s gone, however long it takes). You can read about those here.

Either way, though, Congress needs to pass a budget every year (or at least continuing resolutions).

Appropriations Duration of Availability: One-Year, Multi-Year, and No-Year Funds

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Show threadxyzzyNov 10

Whoops! Thanks for the correction. I was thinking of appropriations for defense spending, not general budgeting.

The Congress shall have Power … to raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

Show threadthemaninblackNov 10
Such better political discussions here than on Reddit