Extension to mid-January means crappy Christmas, retailers are screwn.

[elehhhhna]

Repubs really want to fuck up the recovery however possible.

[Warpy]

1. They think it will give them time to sell stupid ideas to a stupid public

Sadly, they might be right about that.

[Cleita]

2. Since those retailers, especially the big ones like Target, Walmart and

those under the Sear's Holding aegis have the power and clout to tame those tea baggers, why aren't they doing it? Do they have another way to turn a profit that we don't know about?

[rurallib]

3. They have about the same power Dr. Frankenstein had over his monster.

[rurallib]

4. the instability they will cause

will sure make this family think twice about spending money

[FarCenter]

5. The shutdown has revealed that lots of people don't have the recommended 6 mo expenses saved

So it would be a good thing to be very frugal this holiday season and replenish your emergency fund.

[Cleita]

6. How can you save for six months when your income isn't

enough to cover one month, which about half of working Americans experience today.

[FarCenter]

7. Most people know someone who spend less than they do.

The trick is to spend like that person another rung down on the economic ladder. Or maybe two rungs down so that over a few years you can pay off all your credit cards and accumulate an emergency fund.

[Cleita]

8. So what about the person who is at the bottom of that ladder?

Should they start digging a hole?

[Fumesucker]

9. Wouldn't that violate the first rule of holes?

If you are in one, stop digging..

[Cleita]

10. My point. n/t

[FarCenter]

11. Anyone furloughed from a government job by the shutdown isn't on the bottom rung.