Until the 1% is affected by the shutdown, the GOP will not budge

[LonePirate]

The areas of the government impacted by the shutdown do not affect the 1% so this shutdown does not bother them. As such, the GOP has no reason to pass a clean CR. This is not going to change until the 1% has some skin in the game.

The easiest way to affect the 1% is for Obama to shut down the FAA. Sure, it will inconvenience thousands if not millions of Americans but it is the easiest way to put the screws to the 1%. Until they scream, nothing is going to change and the GOP will not budge.

[Shivering Jemmy]

1. Stockmarket

Government contractors will be affected.

[jeff47]

9. Not just government contractors

About a million people just lost their jobs....or at least their pay. They won't be spending much. Add to that the non-government support personnel that won't be able to work (ex. maintenance staff), and that's a massive cut to the economy.

Government contractors themselves will be fine for now - they got paid already because the fiscal year ended. It means they won't have new contracts though, so it will start hurting them soon.

[IADEMO2004]

2. and some way profit

[meadowlark5]

3. Or gerrymandered districts don't provide safety and guarantee of re-election.

I think a lot of the main players in this are safely gerrymandered in their district that they can be as crazy and lunatic as they want and will continue to be elected.

[HappyMe]

8. I think you're right about that.

Gerrymandered districts and the fact that they hate the President and wanted him to blink at their tantrum.

[truebluegreen]

4. I think you are right.

This may go on until we bump up against the debt ceiling. If/when that happens, wouldn't it be nice if it fractured the puke party into its various factions? Big Money, Tea Party, Libertarian, whoever. May they eat their own.

[joshcryer]

5. Until Boehner's liver is affected, Boehner will not budge.

And given his current rate of consumption, Boehner will cave in the coming week.

Lest he die of alcohol poisoning.

[Laelth]

6. Hear, hear! k&r n/t

-Laelth

[treestar]

7. Probably not even necessary

The 1% will "suffer." If they don't have as much money as they did before, just because we think it's still enough - it is not enough for them.