The cost you see to the constitutional order of a shutdown that isn't already being done now.

It's a dramatic cost. Here's why, Chris. Under a shutdown, it is the executive branch, in this case, Trump, Musk, Doge, and Vote, who's head of the OMB, who we all know are authoritarian, vicious, nasty,

who would have sole control over what is funded and what isn't.

They get to determine what is a, quote, essential service,

and they will just cut to smithereens far greater than in the CR bill, which is a lousy bill, far greater than that,

what could be funded and what couldn't. And there's no recourse. You can't go to court. This is a

decision totally in the executive branch. And so it would be devastating. Why is it that Elon Musk and

Donald Trump want a government shutdown so they can take control of the government

and do their vicious, horrible things.

They could cut half the government.

They could tell employees you're not essential and never bring them back, permanently

firing them.

It's a disaster.

And in a few weeks, if there was a shutdown, everyone would be complaining and howling.

Why did they cut?

Why did they eliminate SNAP?

Why did they cut so much of Medicaid?

But they could do all that on their own.

That's the problem.

There is no check on them with a shutdown.

That's not to say this CR bill is a good bill.

It isn't.

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