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The Issue: The current government shutdown in its 37th day, now the longest in American history.
What a disgrace Congress is. Sen. Chuck Schumer should be ashamed of himself, along with all the others who allow this shutdown to continue (“Democrats’ Shutdown Cruelty,” Editorial, Nov. 5).
Myself and many other Americans are all in favor of withholding salaries for members of Congress.
How dare they do this while sitting on their duffs, taking money for doing nothing?
The holiday season is upon us.
Families will suffer if these politicians don’t do their jobs.
The Democratic Party has become a joke; fix yourselves.
Maureen Sharkey
Brooklyn
What we are witnessing now is the downside of our democracy in action.
Members of Congress are deadlocked in a partisan struggle, while we face a serious threat to our lives and property.
While each side is waiting for the other to blink first, people are scrambling to put food on the table, and dealing with safety and health care concerns as well.
Meanwhile, not a member of Congress will miss a paycheck or a meal.
This is utter insanity.
Phil Serpico
Queens
Both parties, Republican and Democratic, are to blame for the government shutdown.
These politicians all care more about their cushy, perk-filled positions than the American people.
Let the American people vote for or against term limits of both House and Senate members.
These selfish politicians only vote along party lines to protect their jobs, not the citizens of this country.
The filibuster should remain.
Pundits continue to argue their case for or against a shutdown, but until term limits are implemented, the madness will continue.
Stop the stupidity.
Don Whitman
Cross River
Despite Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ assertion that it’s President Trump and the Republicans who’ve shut down the government, anyone with half a brain knows that it’s the Democrats who have voted against the continuing resolution 14 times.
Nothing really changed with the CR, except now the Democrats seem to want the government shutdown as some form of political extortion.
Harold Fishman
Manhattan
Here we are, more than 30 days into this ridiculous government shutdown, with no end in sight.
I think the air traffic controllers who are working without pay are the key to ending this.
They should go on a nationwide sick leave.
A complete grounding of aircraft across the country would be mighty critical, after all, as US legislators fly quite frequently.
Not only that, but at this time of year, college football and NFL teams all fly for their upcoming games.
Imagine the nationwide response this would have.
This could force the re-opening of the government.
Tom Garvie
Harrisburg, Pa.
If the rules changed and nobody working for the government, including members of Congress, collected their pay during a shutdown, Schumer and his friends would run to reopen the government.
They don’t care about the essential workers like air traffic controllers or the military.
But I bet if you stopped their incomes, there wouldn’t be a shutdown ever again.
Veronica Kwiecinski
Maspeth
The Democrats shaking down the Republicans and the American people for money is nothing less than thuggery.
These are mob tactics, but I would wager that even the Mafia has more class than to do what the Democrats are doing.
It’s time to call the government shutdown what it really is: A government “shakedown” for money by the Democratic Party.
Fred Whitney
Morris, Minn.
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