I think politicians shouldn't be paid during a shutdown
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I love these MAGA influencers and their clickbait to generate revenue for them.
If you watch the whole thing, like I did, you will see that it's a healthy debate, both Kennedy and Paul have very compelling arguments, Paul even mentions shrinking the government.
Maybe Paul wants to pay essential workers, if you don't pay soldiers you have to draft them for a war them everybody suffers. Soldiers have a contract. If you don't pay air traffic staff, less flights will be flown and people in the private sector will suffer too.
Maybe Kennedy wants to stop paying congress during a shutdown to force the same congress to vote on ending it and approving whatever measure is necessary to continue funding the government.
Maybe Paul wants to show that some people in the government are essential (you may disagree or not) and need to be pay to provide some service to the population that is still paying taxes.
Maybe Kennedy wants to show that the congress is useless and non essential and doesn't need to be paid as they are not doing anything.
They aren't mutually exclusive. Paul has zero reason to object to Kennedy's proposal as it does nothing to stop his.
"MAGA" is being pretty kind in this instance. Dude is hardcore MIGA, and almost certainly a paid shill.
Yeah. I'm willing to criticize Rand Paul when he's wrong (as I just did in OP's other thread bashing Rand), and I think he could have phrased this better, but "Gunther Eagleman" is being pretty disingenuous here, no surprise.
Person who hates Rand Paul for not being a globalist, finds a reason to criticize Rand Paul. Nonissue. This is the very well-funded faction that is going after MTG, Massie, Rand, as well as the non-politicians like Tucker, Dave Smith, Candace, Fuentes.
Again, willing to criticize Paul when he's in the wrong, but this is just another smear.
This isn't just a smear, saying that government employees should get payed during a shutdown is NOT mutually exclusive with saying that congressional politicians shouldn't. THEY are the ones causing the shutdown so THEY shouldn't get paid until it's over, but that doesn't mean we can't pay the soldiers and air traffic guys. The ONLY reason to object to that notion is that he wants to keep getting HIS paycheck.