Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 04, 2019

You know the government is bad when they make the TSA agents look sympathetic!

This ain’t the first time this has happened when you also consider RIF (Reduction in Force) events. BTW, working for the government, especially in law enforcement, is a lot like a Rodney Dangerfield event.

And now the Donald is at it again.

Could these government shutdowns be resolved by involving the President, the house & the senate all being furloughed when it happens?

It should be interesting to see what happens when the US president declares “emergency measures” in his attempt to get what he likely views as his “national monument”. Also odd that he has already claimed that construction of the wall has already started, and that money is already set aside for it.

This is what happens when a comic tries try to be topical with a multi-week lead time.

Government: Useless when it does it’s job; indispensable when it doesn’t.

“I’m with the government. I’m here to help”

Government workers. Of course it took 3 of them to hold up 1 sign.

We need legislation to protect these people, either legislation that makes it illegal to shutdown the government because of the damage it does to the country or an optional savings program that takes a small portion of the workers salary until a month’s worth of salary is accrued – sort of like union dues. Pre-tax, of course, until it is collected. At least this will spread the pain out.

I read where the shutdown cost $3 billion in losses that will never be recouped. I guess that wasn’t enough, since the president is saying that another one is likely on the way.

I don’t belong to a party I’m an independent but I’m also a people

Buttercup has brought the basic theories found in 1984, i.e, misinformation leading to mismanagement and wide spread mistrust, to full flower in just two very long years. I shudder to think how much more damage he will do in the next two years.

Republicans said government doesn’t work, then they set out to prove it.

The people of Viterbo may have a solution to offer in the way that they brought the first papal conclave to a speedy resolution after 3 long years of deadlock. They locked all the cardinals into a building ( conclave means under lock ) and fed them only bread and water until they came to a resolution. So perhaps if the administration, legislature and the judiciary were sequestered under lock and key and fed the same diet as the cardinals every time they shut down the government, it might have a salutary effect.

MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ?

Those government workers have always gotten benefits that we don’t, like many paid holidays, higher than average wages, better health care, more job security, and a much better pension. They cry about being laid off for a month or three, but I was laid off for 18 months when the oilfield went down in the ’80’s.

For years the mantra of the conservatives was to cut bureaucracy, get rid off all those worthless government employees who did nothing but take up space and waste the tax-payers money.

Funny, how a month-long partial shutdown of the Federal government, opened their eyes to how valuable these employees are, and how much we need them.

Remember Trump is not taking a salary. The congress might be motivated but those that have been there for years are millionaires.

Wow, even the panhandling is done by committee.And did you ever notice that even the word has unnecessary components (2 Ms, 2 Ts, and 2Es)?

This strip perversely applies also to Mexico where the new government has decided to cap salaries for all government employees to the President’s – which is a measly US$63,600 a year. If this sounds absurd, you don’t want to know what other measures they’re taking, allegedly on behalf of the poor.

I seem to have misplaced my sympathy. It must be around here, somewhere…

The only way, I think, for government shut downs to be avoided is to elect WISE people, not intelligent people, to Congress. Since that will never happen, we are screwed. I was caught in the previously long shutdown in 1995. Glad I missed this one, but I sure had a LOT sympathy for those who did get caught and gave as I could. I do wish there was some way to stop all pay to congressmen (and I do mean ALL pay – outside activities pay, speakers fees, kick backs, bribes, etc.) while the long suffering government workers are furloughed.

Yeah. The old saying ’I’m from the Government. I’m here to help.’ turned into "i’m from the Government. I need help.’ Sad that.

But…Rush Limblow says how highly gov’t workers are paid because they live and work in D.C. He’s never wrong.

@geochemist: Never use so-called social media, which appears to be mostly anti-social media, and never heard of Zero’s whatsis. So thanks anyway.

Can’t wait to see Mount Trumpmore.

One short version example: gave a guy a ticket for smoking pot in the open when he was told repreatedly to go somewhere in the woods instead of in front of the village store. He cussed me up one side, down the other, paid his “disordlerly conduct” fine, instead of doing jail time for drugs, still cussed me out when we left the magistrate’s office. Two days later, I showed up to rescue him off a cliff (1,000 feet up!) where he had a compound femur fracture. He saw me, said “Oh, God, I’m a dead man”. I treated him well and got him to the hospital. He came back later to look me up, and say he’d never be an ass to a cop again. That’s what government service means

The President already does not draw a salary.