Shutdown Was Always Going To End With Moronic Democrats Caving
Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate said: "I enjoyed the forever days of the government shutdown as proof there is no need for half of the government. Elon Musk agrees that half the goverment filled with non-essential employees in the non-Defense area could be removed overnight and would improve the overall budget. The supposed leverage of Chuck Schumer and the Democrat majority was non-existent."
Barring some unnecessary Republican crash-out - always a high possibility! - this partial federal government "shutdown" was destined to end with Democrat leaders finally leveling with their own angry voters to say, Yeah, we got nothing, and I don't have any good answers for you right now.
And that's more or less what's happening now that another five Senate Democrats have broken ranks with the party Sunday to start the reopening process, which is set to include funding for food stamps and "key" government agencies, plus backpay for furloughed federal workers. That's it.
Unless you count the handshake agreement that the Republican-led Senate will also allow a vote to extend health insurance subsidies for noncitizens and working-aged people who currently get a discounted rate on their personal plans, courtesy of the American taxpayer. That's the thing Democrats were demanding in exchange for their votes to end the shutdown. (Mind you, it's just a promise that there will be a vote, not a guarantee that it will pass.)