Yeah people might have to start looking for a job to feed their families.

Yes, having 45 million Americans on food stamps is a big f-ing deal. How many of those 45 million actually need it compared to the deadbeats gaming the system so they don’t have to work a job?

I’m a contractor, too. During the last shutdown, we got a “stop work order,” and our entire program was furloughed. The rationale for this was the same as verymoco’s: a federal employee 3000 miles away supervises the 60 or so people working on my contract. The decision about whether or not to provide backpay is made…

The contracting situation depends solely on your company. I’m a contractor currently, I would not get paid if there was a shutdown unless I took my own vacation/sick days. My father’s a contractor. It was the same for him in 2013. If your position is labeled as essential/vital you go in- if not, say goodbye to a…

During the last shutdown, I (as a federal contractor) could not get on site to my job but I could work if I had work to be done at home. But I couldn’t take my govt laptop home or check/use my govt email. And I can only use govt computers for lots of my work, although not sensitive or classified. Given that I work in…

In the last shutdown, I was fortunate to have enough savings that I could pay all my bills despite not receiving my regular paycheck on time. Yes, we were paid eventually, but I didn’t know for sure if that would happen. For a lot of the lower-paid employees, though, not getting paid for an indeterminate amount of…

As someone who went through the last one I can assure you I didn’t get paid. I just had my salary reduced by about 20%. Sweet gig right?

As a contractor, the last shutdown did not keep me from working. we already had a contract and the money appropriated and we were fully funded. All our operations on my contact kept going here and overseas as we are direct support to the military. Others in our office were furloughed because it depended on the…

Some Founding Fathers warned against political parties, and this is likely the reason why.

You apparently haven’t kept up with things. It’s already been established that PP is a complete front for abortion. If you want any real services from them they have to outsource you to a private company or send you to one of the over 9000 community health centers the government funds that do not perform abortions.…

Outside of all these practice realities, I think it’s growing ever-more-clear that a government shutdown means that this just isn’t working anymore... This can not be what the founders of this nation intended for us.

Those pinstripes just make me rage. ughhhhh

Definitely secure the scene first. Regarding the patient we were taught in the Marines:

The amount of NOx damage caused by VW is incredibly minimal in the grand scheme of things. 80% of NOx in the USA is caused by fertilizer and soil management. Only 5% of NOx comes from transportation (Which includes trucking, farming equipment, trains, planes and automobiles). Of that 5%, under 1% of that…

It’s actually excessive NOx.

There are no details about the fix yet. No one knows the effect over power, torque, or economy.

They’re pissed right now, in a couple of days they will be posting about which lowering springs to get, how the local dealer is APR tune friendly, and if the big brake kit from a Carrera GT will fit over stock Phaeton wheels.

They lied more to the government than to the consumer. The car preformed as advertised by our metric, unless you bought it primarily on Eco-friendliness. This isn't too different than people who reflash their ecu or remove the catalytic converter

I predict that dieselgate will be forgotten by everyone except auto enthusiasts in less than six months.

In my book, “best” = “coolest.”