Fun facts about a government shutdown! = Congress will still be paid.

[Coyotl]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/28/1242194/-Fun-facts-about-a-government-shutdown

As we hurtle towards a Republican-driven government shutdown, did you know that:

Congress will still be paid.
Eight in 10 Americans oppose threatening a shutdown.
Congress will still be paid.
Forty percent of the 2 million federal workers will be furloughed.
Congress will still be paid.
Social Security checks and veterans' benefits could be delayed because of fewer workers.
Congress will still be paid.
All parks, museums and and monuments run by the National Park Service will be closed.
Congress will still be paid.
Major delays in processing applications for passports, visas, gun permits and mortgages.
Congress will still be paid.

[Chaco Dundee]

1. and so it should be

IWithout our idiotic congress this whole country would be out of the woods and walking in high cotton.congress does not serve the country or the respective states,congress serves itself at the tune of $170000 plus,and insidertrading and bonuses and expenses plus per diems,gratuitys,and vacation pay.healthinsurance,retirement,gifts and guarantees to be picked up for real money by lobbiing when they get run out of congress.
You send those miscrients there.quit complaining.
It should be just the way you voted.

[Coyotl]

5. If it were the way the people voted, the Congress would be majority Dems

Gerrymandering has rigged the Congress. The Republicans are an anti-democratic pack of rat-fucking cheaters with no conscience.

[Rex]

2. Crime pays very well for some.

No reason to try and run anything really, not gonna hurt their bottom lines.

[RebelOne]

3. Social Security payments will probably not be delayed.

According to CNN Money:

Many federal payments will be delayed indefinitely if the federal government shuts down next Monday night.

But it's very likely that the nearly 58 million people who receive Social Security benefits would still be paid on time, at least if the law and history are any guide.

For starters, funding for Social Security is considered "mandatory" and therefore not subject to the annual appropriations process.

Translation: The money that funds benefits is automatically authorized and not dependent on Congress coming to a compromise on a new federal spending measure by Monday night.

What isn't automatically authorized, however, is the money that Congress appropriates every year to run the Social Security Administration and pay its employees to process those benefits.

But even here, there's reason to believe the agency would be sufficiently staffed to ensure that Social Security payments don't get held up.

During the last two government shutdowns in the mid-1990s, Social Security checks were sent out on schedule.

That happened even though the Social Security Administration was grossly understaffed during the first -- and shorter -- of the two shutdowns. It had kept on just under 5,000 employees. Once it realized how many more were needed to carry out essential duties, the agency was quick to staff up.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/24/retirement/shutdown-social-security/index.html

[B Calm]

4. A shut down will destroy what's left of the republican party.

It will hurt the country for a little while, but down the road I think it will be great for the democratic party.