USA Government Shutdown affect for Expats and Retiree's

@roddiesho

Once the mutual crooks are through grandstanding all will be resolved. Same old show.

Every year, same old dog and pony show. as far back as when Obama took office ( I can't recall on GW Bush).  Under Clinton, as crooked as he was, no drama.  He had the Budget Balance while in Office.

Bush Senior, well, short of the Gulf War 1.0 ( they passed to promissory note to Clinton ), he actually managed cuts on the Defense Budget, so much so a wave of consolidations happened under his administration. A lot of Mergers and Acquisitions took place then.

G.W. Bush, OIbama, Trump, and the actual incumbent, all went overboard on Spending Budgets. And the Defense Department always got budget raises , year after year.

Politics all over the world tends to be about politicians and how much they can get bribed.

Shutdowns are always about gaining political advantage, but never about the people politicians are supposed to be representing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governm … ted_States

I liken political posturing to a courtroom, where the district attorney and lawyer argue and bump chests.

They grandstand and proclaim eternal truths to the judge and jury. Then behind closed doors, they slap each other on the back, and plan their next golf outing.

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