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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocratic Senators: Code Red on America -- Shut the Government Down
Call the Senate and tell Democrats: lead the USA into a national strike right out of the Senate.
And add this:

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Democratic Senators: Code Red on America -- Shut the Government Down (Original Post)
ancianita
22 hrs ago
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If God really had to spell it out for modern day decisionmakers, this is what He would have said.
Beartracks
22 hrs ago
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Beartracks
(14,414 posts)1. If God really had to spell it out for modern day decisionmakers, this is what He would have said.
ancianita
(43,134 posts)3. Amen. God doesn't stutter.
MichMan
(16,770 posts)2. The Senate should go on strike?
ancianita
(43,134 posts)4. Shutting the government down is tantamount to a national strike.
We can quibble over semantics but they'll get the idea.
usonian
(23,827 posts)5. Not quite, in that the government can decide on "essential services" (you know what that means)
I'd favor a complete shutdown as shut everything down. As in The Day the World Stood Still.
THIS kind.


notinkansas
(1,305 posts)6. This is what it has come to.
Do it! Make them understand that this WILL NOT STAND!!