A record-breaking shutdown: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: The present authorities shutdown in its thirty seventh day, now the longest in American historical past.
What a shame Congress is. Sen. Chuck Schumer needs to be ashamed of himself, together with all of the others who permit this shutdown to proceed (“Democrats’ Shutdown Cruelty,” Editorial, Nov. 5).
Myself and plenty of different Americans are all in favor of withholding salaries for members of Congress.
How dare they do that whereas sitting on their duffs, taking money for doing nothing?
The vacation season is upon us.
Families will endure if these politicians don’t do their jobs.
The Democratic Party has develop into a joke; repair yourselves.
Maureen Sharkey
Brooklyn
What we’re witnessing now’s the draw back of our democracy in motion.
Members of Congress are deadlocked in a partisan wrestle, whereas we face a critical menace to our lives and property.
While both sides is ready for the opposite to blink first, people are scrambling to put food on the desk, and coping with security and health care considerations as properly.
Meanwhile, not a member of Congress will miss a paycheck or a meal.
This is utter madness.
Phil Serpico
Queens
Both events, Republican and Democratic, are responsible for the federal government shutdown.
These politicians all care more about their comfortable, perk-filled positions than the American people.
Let the American people vote for or towards time period limits of each House and Senate members.
These egocentric politicians solely vote alongside get together strains to guard their jobs, not the residents of this nation.
The filibuster ought to stay.
Pundits proceed to argue their case for or towards a shutdown, however till time period limits are applied, the insanity will proceed.
Stop the stupidity.
Don Whitman
Cross River
Despite Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ assertion that it’s President Trump and the Republicans who’ve shut down the federal government, anybody with half a mind is aware of that it’s the Democrats who’ve voted towards the persevering with decision 14 occasions.
Nothing actually modified with the CR, besides now the Democrats appear to need the federal government shutdown as some kind of political extortion.
Harold Fishman
Manhattan
Here we’re, more than 30 days into this ridiculous authorities shutdown, with no finish in sight.
I feel the air site visitors controllers who’re working with out pay are the important thing to ending this.
They ought to go on a nationwide sick depart.
A full grounding of plane throughout the nation could be mighty important, after all, as US legislators fly fairly often.
Not solely that, however at this time of 12 months, faculty soccer and NFL groups all fly for his or her upcoming video games.
Imagine the nationwide response this may have.
This might power the re-opening of the federal government.
Tom Garvie
Harrisburg, Pa.
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If the foundations modified and no one working for the federal government, together with members of Congress, collected their pay during a shutdown, Schumer and his associates would run to reopen the federal government.
They don’t care in regards to the important staff like air site visitors controllers or the army.
But I guess in case you stopped their incomes, there wouldn’t be a shutdown ever again.
Veronica Kwiecinski
Maspeth
The Democrats shaking down the Republicans and the American people for money is nothing much less than thuggery.
These are mob techniques, however I might wager that even the Mafia has more class than to do what the Democrats are doing.
It’s time to call the federal government shutdown what it truly is: A authorities “shakedown” for money by the Democratic Party.
Fred Whitney
Morris, Minn.
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