Call the Dem's bluff.
Shut it down.
Start RIFing the non-essentials. Let them try to get judges to stop that! If we let go non-essentials, then how can a judge in their right mind (I know, the lib judges aren't) try to force us to continue to employ someone we do not have the budget authority to legally pay???
>If Dems cause a government shutdown…
Declare all Obummer and BiteMe appointed judges as "non-essential" and RIF the lot!
Cutting loose Puerto Rico is the best idea ever.
PR is like owning a boat:
It is a big hole in the middle of the water in which you pour unlimited amounts of cash for negligible returns.
Here's an idea…
Let's give Puerto Rico to the Clinton Foundation and let them try to run the place.
Yet another bottomless pit where the money vanishes and is never seen again.
A few of those Pacific islands are still considered essential to American military defense, especially if Chy-na decides to get rowdy, RocketMan forgets his manners, or Japan forgets who kicked their ass in WWII