# The tea party shut down is going to hurt my family

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 7, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-shut-down-is-going-to-hurt-my-family/670620 "2013-10-07T21:04:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-shut-down-is-going-to-hurt-my-family/670620/41 "2013-10-09T02:08:36Z")

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> [@Rachellelogram](#):
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> Congratulations on the marriage! Now would be a good time for her to get to know your area, learn the bus routes, and maybe volunteer at a local animal shelter or something similar.

All of the volunteer positions that I’ve had in the last 13 years have required a background check, beginning with a SSN. There may be a few that don’t, but they would be few and far between.

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**Author:** ![SweetLucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SweetLucy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetLucy)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tea-party-shut-down-is-going-to-hurt-my-family/670620/42 "2013-10-10T01:04:43Z")

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I hate the Tea Party- i hope they have long, painful lives, every last one of the maggots :mad:

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