[tomder55]

The good news is the government is opening. The bad news is the government is opening.

Many issues to discuss in detail which I won't do here.

Obamacare "temporary " subsidies. Dems want them permanent to disguise a terminally flawed system. The Repubs want them gone as well as the system itself. They have a little over a month to solve this. It is unfair to people in the system to pull the plug without a reasonable alternative. Therefore, the best alternative to the current reality is to temporarily extend them. I like the idea of giving the subsidies directly to Americans in Health Savings Accounts and making that part of a permanent system of people having a choice.

The shut down delayed the release of some jobs reports that I believe will not look good.

Epstein files. The delay of swearing in of Adelita Grijalva means a vote to release the Epstein files will happen. I contend that they should've been released a long time ago, as far back as the emperor's reign. Trump's DOJ acted buffoonish in denying there is nothing there.
The real scandal untold is not who is on the list. The real scandal is that the FBI's Maurine Comey (daughter of James Comey) offered a plea deal to Epstein IF he implicated Trump. Epstein did not take the deal and that is why he ended up "committing suicide " in an unguarded jail cell.

Arctic Frost will be back in the news. Jack Smith trampled on lawmaker's rights, and they are going to fight back. Bills to protect them from future snooping will be debated and passed. They include phone companies will be required to inform them if the government is snooping on them if they are not the actual target of an investigation: AND the lawmakers will retroactively have the right to sue the government for damages. Not sure if those rights are extended to us peons.

[tomder55]

These Epstein files is more fun than any of the normal BS posturing. I don't know what to think . The emails about or by Virginia Giuffre clearly implicate ????? Trump the Dems say. Put this in the dead people tell no tales . Like Epstein she "committed suicide ". Prior to this she had stated multiple times that Trump did nothing and that she never even saw him at Epstein's house. And if there is proof it should be readily available since Epstein covered his home with pin prick hidden cameras so he could blackmail his guests if needed. So barring anything new it is safe to assume that the Dems shot their Epstein load to cover for their screw up of the shut down .

[tomder55]

quick hit . I get that Air traffic has to be regulated by the government . Does that mean that the ATC needs to be a government agency ? The Dems like to point to Canada and Europe as examples of the better way. Canada sold it off in 1996 . UK is privatized with government oversight . New Zealand went private in 1987 . Germany is privatized . There are at least 8 other Euro nations that also operate privately .

I get that the US is a bigger nation .But the model appears to work

The thing that bothered me most about the shut down was that the government demanded that "essential " employees had to show up for work with no guarantee that they would be paid for their services any time soon. Name a private employer who could get away with that cr*p .

How does Canada do it without dipping into tax revenue or print monopoly bucks ? They charge the users based on weight and distance of the flight. It works . Canadian controllers do not have to look for secondary jobs to support their families because a$$wipes decide to shut things down so illegals can get freebees .

Is this a new idea ? No ;it has been proposed since like forever . The US has just not acted on it . The swamp does not give up power willingly .

Earlier this year reforming ATC was all the rage . I never heard privatization as a viable solution although it is painfully obvious that is the direction the US should take