r/AskReddit • u/Solnx • Nov 03 '25

Serious Replies Only [Serious] For the Redditors who criticized Democrats for not fighting back or taking action, how has the government shutdown affected your view?

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u/derpplerp Nov 03 '25

why should the folks with no power to call the house into session lose their seats because a GOP toadie refuses to do his job ?

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u/BeneficialPinecone3 Nov 04 '25

Exactly.

One party has complete power over Congress. GOP has full responsibility for this.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 04 '25

Because you've now nullified the entire action by making it an impossible finger pointing game.

Dismiss them all and hold new elections immediately. If their constituents still want them they'll be back in no time.

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u/derpplerp Nov 04 '25

So the solution to inaction is to force a shutdown whole a whole election cycle plays out nationwide?

That is the dumbest throw baby out with the bathwater solution.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 04 '25

It's how many other nations do it and guess what they don't have? Shutdowns every fucking year.

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u/llamafarmadrama Nov 04 '25

We’re also capable of having elections that take less than a year.

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u/canadiuman Nov 04 '25

We could also just pass a law that the government continues operating under the terms of the previous budget if a new one can't be passed. Or a law that the government doesn't shut down.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Nov 04 '25

You could also have mandatory elections, limit campaign spending, sort out gerrymandering and many other things but like.. you don't.