The pork-filled spending bill that Speaker Mike Johnson tried to force through before the Christmas break is now dead in the House. Failure to pass the bill could result in a government shutdown on Friday, but despite fearmongering from media and crooked lawmakers, nothing is actually happening that’s scary Regarding “shutdown”.

Conservative Republican President-elect Donald Trump and government reformers like Elon Musk have revolted against Johnson. Continuing Christmas resolutions Conservatives quickly discovered several hideous provisions hidden in the bill, including a pay increase for Congress and funding for the Global Engagement Center, the State Department’s supposed censorship and propaganda arm. Thankfully, this bill has now died. (Related article: The craziest thing Congress is trying to get away with with big Christmas spending)

The more we learn, the more it becomes clear that this spending bill is a crime.

That includes funding some of the worst illegal censorship operations (GECs) across the government. https://t.co/P8a3m0OpJR

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

But even if Washington were to shut down on Friday, the United States and its federal employees would not face complete and utter devastation. That’s what many people in the swamp want you to think.

First, many federal employees would have to quit their jobs. However, their salaries are will be furloughedThis means that once the shutdown ends, you will receive all the backpay you are entitled to. Fair Treatment of Public Employees Act Signed in 2019 Guarantee furlough “Non-essential” employees will receive back pay no matter what. These employees also have the right to apply for unemployment insurance.

Additionally, Social Security checks, an essential program not funded by short-term appropriations bills, do not have Stops during shutdown. Medicare and Veterans Affairs benefits also fall into this same category.

In the event of an emergency such as a natural disaster or power outage, government “emergency personnel” will be required to come to work. other important federal government jobs and functions, such as the United States Postal Service; It won’t stop Shutting down. law enforcement, TSA inspectors, air traffic controllers, be considered “Essential” employees will come to work without pay but will receive a paycheck after the shutdown.

Following the five-week partial government shutdown from December 2018 to January 2019, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Estimation The US economy lost billions of dollars in GDP. It also said the government shutdown had a significant impact on private companies that lost business during the period and were unable to recover.

Have you ever seen a bigger pork? pic.twitter.com/ZesFCNSNKp

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2024

Despite the potential for slowing economic activity, especially in the Beltway around Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland, a government shutdown does not mean GDP will be wiped out. That number is a tiny fraction of the ocean of total U.S. GDP, and compared to the amount of taxpayer money the government funnels — even compared to this spending bill alone.

One of the Swamp’s biggest tricks is sounding the doomsday alarm for a government shutdown. This swamp uses fear-mongering to put pressure on reform-minded lawmakers to keep the easy-money gravy train on track. How can you tolerate a government shutdown if it means putting hard-working employees out of work? This propaganda is based on House Minority Leader Hakeem’s assertion that a government shutdown “hurts ordinary Americans.” Jeffries’s sentence best sums it up:

“We have reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to ordinary Americans whose lives have been upended and upended by the effects of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and other extreme weather events. We have reached a bipartisan agreement to meet the needs of the American people and provide assistance to farmers, families, children, seniors, veterans, men and women in uniform, and working-class Americans.” Mr. Zu said. said In a statement.

“House Republicans were ordered to shut down the government and harm ordinary Americans across this country. House Republicans will now be held responsible for any harm caused to the American people by a government shutdown or worse.” It will happen,” he added.

What Jeffries and others in the corporate media don’t say is that this spending bill contains content and provisions that will harm even the very people it is trying to provide relief to. After all, Congress can pass disaster relief without getting bogged down with wasteful spending, which would pose a threat to the swamp and the way it operates.

In fact, Johnson and other weak Congressional Republicans would rather ignore the pork, wash their hands clean from the new year, and avoid the “government shutdown” heat from the swamp and the media. They would be quicker to seek approval from the New York Times than from the voters who elected them to office in the first place.