# After The Congress Ball

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470 "2013-10-17T07:17:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470/1 "2013-10-17T07:17:30Z")

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So - Kentucky gets a new dam, and we can watch the pandas again. Where next for the US economy?

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470/2 "2013-10-17T10:23:11Z")

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We’re all going to DisneyWorld…

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470/3 "2013-10-17T10:42:38Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> We’re all going to DisneyWorld…

…in a handbasket.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470/4 "2013-10-17T11:43:09Z")

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Moved from General Questions to MPSIMS.

**samclem** , moderator

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**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470/5 "2013-10-17T13:19:37Z")

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I do find it fascinating that for the Republicans, what made them cave was not the fact that they were stiffing the average working man, but the danger that they might hurt their buddies on Wall Street. 10 million people without paycheques, corner stores and campgrounds and souvenir stands screaming for lost business, people can’t make house payments? Meh… Bankers not going to get bond payments on time? Quick, make a deal!!

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-congress-ball/671470/6 "2013-10-17T16:14:05Z")

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> [@md2000](#):
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> I do find it fascinating that for the Republicans, what made them cave was not the fact that they were stiffing the average working man, but the danger that they might hurt their buddies on Wall Street. 10 million people without paycheques, corner stores and campgrounds and souvenir stands screaming for lost business, people can’t make house payments? Meh… Bankers not going to get bond payments on time? Quick, make a deal!!

Their masters cracked the whip. Exactly as predicted. 16 days of no paychecks and no services for the people, and you can walk all the way up to the line on the bankers, but don’t cross it for even a nanosecond.