Lankford: stop gov't shutdowns by making politicians suffer consequences of their dysfunction

Want to prevent government shutdowns? Make politicians suffer the consequences of their dysfunction

By Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) & Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX)

If a business owner fails to generate profits, they are forced to lay people off or shutter their business. If a family can’t pay their utility bill, their water shuts off. If a student doesn’t finish their schoolwork, they don’t get to enjoy recess.

In the real world, the people who fail to fulfill their responsibilities suffer the consequences themselves.

However, Congress plays by different rules. When Congress fails to pass our spending bills on time to fund the government, it’s the public, and particularly taxpayers and our men and women in uniform, who bear the greatest burden of unnecessary and irresponsible government shutdowns.

Stunning fact: Planned Parenthood aborted Cincinatti in 2009

As a "government shutdown" looms, in part due to Republicans determination to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood (and Democrats desire to keep the funding intact), stunning facts have come to light about the operations of Planned Parenthood.

According to Planned Parenthood, they performed 332,278 abortions in 2009. For reference, the 2009 population of Cincinatti, Ohio, was 333,012.

CNSNews.com: The 332,278 abortions Planned Parenthood performed over the 365 days of 2009 equals an average of 910 lives terminated per day--or about 38 per hour, or one every 95 seconds.

Planned Parenthood, according to its most recent annual report, also received $363.2 million in government grants and contracts during its fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2009.

Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Tait Sye recently told Bloomberg Businessweek that 90 percent of that $363.2 million came directly from the federal government or from Medicaid, a federal-state program. Thus, Planned Parenthood received about $326.88 million from federal programs in 2009.

TheBlaze.com has more information at this link.

By the time you finish reading this post, Planned Parenthood will have murdered another innocent unborn child. This unspeakable abomination must come to an end.

Message to the GOP over the "government shutdown"

Ten word post.

House Republicans:

Shut.
It.
Down.

NO COMPROMISE.

Government Shutdown? Not So Fast

With the looming battle over the Continuing Resolution (CR) funding bill, this article sheds some light on what would happen during a potential government "shutdown".

Psst. No shutdown during a 'government shutdown'

Social Security checks would still go out. Troops would remain at their posts. Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, though not until later. And virtually every essential government agency, like the FBI, the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard, would remain open.

That's the little-known truth about a government shutdown. The government doesn't shut down.

And it won't on March 5, even if the combatants on Capitol Hill can't resolve enough differences to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the government while they hash out legislation to cover the last seven months of the budget year.

Not quite what the media is playing up as a "shutdown", huh? Click here for the rest of the article.