Electile Dysfunction (Current students plz look!)

[Ken]

while i despise tolls, i understand the 'use tax' aspect of it. i don't really see it as the money generated going directly to fund the roads' maintenance, but then again i haven't done the audits or looked them up for the roads i care about. I take tolls as infrequently as possible and that's all i can do as an individual aside from voting/voicing my opinion.

regarding the TROTUS' announcement:  ( : sigh : )  i'm so tired of listening to him and seeing his stupid face; i'm not sure why i watched it... i knew where it was going and this whole thing is stupid. after talking with direct family involved with government finance/budget, striking a deal with congress means that the money is assigned from congress specifically for its use. if the TROTUS claims an emergency and decides to use that route the funds will come from the DoD fund, not from the general congressional "budget"; $5.7b is a drop in the bucket for DoD. So this shutdown is nothing but a chest-thumping political nightmare for federal and contract employees who rely on the paycheck to keep their lives running every 2 weeks. Immigration reform needs some improvement, but the $5.7b budget in question is for extremely small section (234 miles) of the 1954-mile long southern border...

I don't think the emergency funding is that straightforward - which is probably the only reason he hasn't done it. Pretty sure Congress can still counteract any declaration, which would force a vote, and it seems that Republican Senators would not be on board with that. Not to mention any legal action that would result.