General Discussion

Unless you're standing on those bread lines, your idealism is well respected, but not that helpful to those who are forced to suffer for it.

My hope now it that the Democratic leadership has the fortitude to shout loud and clear that the coming suffering because of Republican policies are placed squarely on Republicans. They were NEVER going to approve the extended tax credits for the ACA.
It is REPUBLICANS who starved those who paid the consequences of the shut down. NOT Democrats.

We are dealing with a party full of sociopaths who will, by any means, no matter who suffers - seek to further the agenda of the top 1% and the "religious" right wing nutjobs

Full disclosure: My daughter is one of those Federal employees who has been furloughed, but still has to work full time. This shut down has just about broken her .... because of it she has to do the job of several other people as well. Thankfully, we can afford to help her financially for the time being - others are not so lucky.