Staff Reports
The Democrat shutdown is a full-blown nightmare for hardworking Americans. Thanks to Chuck Schumer and his party’s reckless playbook, taxpayers are shelling out a staggering $400 million every single day to pay 750,000 federal bureaucrats to just sit on their hands. That’s right — hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted daily on government employees who aren’t even working. Meanwhile, the rest of the country feels the economic chokehold tightening around their necks.
This isn’t just about some shutdown drama. It’s about real damage to real people. While liberal politicians hold the government hostage with their endless demands, military servicemembers — those brave men and women putting their lives on the line for this country — face delays in their paychecks. Essential public services hang in the balance. And the economy’s bleeding billions of dollars, all because Democrats refuse to govern responsibly. Their political stunt is a slap in the face to every American who pays taxes, works a job, and expects basic government functions to run.
The effects of the #SchumerShutdown are already being felt. Not only does this stupidity cost taxpayers $400 million a day, our military is not being paid, citizens will government services like WIC (women, infant, children) food program will be interrupted. All because 7 Senate… pic.twitter.com/tMY2tnqyqO
— Rep. Nicole Malliotakis Office (@RepNicole) October 2, 2025
What’s worse, this isn’t just some random mishap. The liberals’ latest counterproposal adds a whopping $1.5 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. How? By permanently extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies while killing health savings accounts. The very same party that talks about fiscal responsibility is doubling down on reckless spending and ballooning America’s already suffocating debt. They claim to want to “help” the people, but their solution is to rob the future with no plan to offset the costs. Their so-called “counterproposal” is a recipe for disaster, loaded with hidden taxes and government overreach.
Meanwhile, the supposed watchdogs at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget talk about “offsetting costs” and “budget discipline”—empty words when their own party ignores real cuts and insists on funding expensive, left-wing projects instead. If Democrats cared about the American people, they’d focus on reining in the $6 trillion in reckless tax cuts and spending increases buried in their wild reconciliation law. But no, they target the payfors and gouge taxpayers deeper while keeping the bureaucratic gravy train rolling.
This whole shutdown exposes the true face of the Democrat agenda: waste, incompetence, and a flagrant disregard for the average American. They want you to believe federal workers not showing up for work is just politics, but the end result is painfully clear — your wallet takes the hit, your services get cut, and your country’s future grows more uncertain by the day. Schumer and his cronies are holding the nation hostage for power and political gain. When will the American people demand a government that actually works — without bankrupting us all in the process?
