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littlemissmartypants

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7. How presumptuous. ...

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:16 AM

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Maybe they think because the president is a real-estate failure he'll sympathize? And how dare they try to run the US government. Who did they vote for, if they even voted?

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Hotel operators say they're bleeding cash in the hundreds of millions and need the government shutdown to end now [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

Fuck them and their balance sheets. LuvLoogie Thursday #1

How presumptuous. ... littlemissmartypants Thursday #7

If you have a government contract you still have to perform, you just don't get paid. Fine print. twodogsbarking Thursday #2

Yup melm00se Thursday #18

Depends upon the contract. Happy Hoosier Thursday #19

When it comes down to it, they're not "essential", and that's why they have a problem muriel_volestrangler Thursday #3

Yeah. But they're the proletariat 3Hotdogs Thursday #9

Air travel will be a holy mess Bluetus Thursday #15

Uh, it's also the fact that people from outside the US don't want to come here to get tackled by masked gunmen Prairie Gates Thursday #4

Bingo. ... littlemissmartypants Thursday #8

Yes, I've been wondering when the US travel industry would say something IronLionZion Thursday #13

100% pandr32 Thursday #16

This. I'm reading that vacation rentals have been way down. yardwork Thursday #20

Bullshit .They're bleeding cash because no one wants to come to his Autumn Thursday #5

They should have mentioned tarriffs mgardener Thursday #6

Gotta pay the rent. Gonna need corporate debt securities bailout. Trillions. bucolic_frolic Thursday #10

Do the hotel operators lodge complaints about disappeared or scared employees who do wiggs Thursday #11

Lobbyists Must Be Worried modrepub Thursday #12

Many families need $50 for groceries Marthe48 Thursday #14

Trump will now sue them Quanto Magnus Thursday #17

Read their letter. Could have included a more effective strategy of asking the GOP to due their part and wiggs Thursday #21

Surely it's not because they're over-priced and under perform. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #22

Now that I'm retired, I have zero plans for ANY vacations wolfie001 Thursday #23

Where would we go? BidenRocks Thursday #24

I've learned more about cooking and food $ saving since I retired in early Dec. 2023......... wolfie001 Yesterday #25

We're not going anywhere. Ritabert Yesterday #27

This really has nothing to do with the shutdown. Its due to high cost of everything so people not spending Raftergirl Yesterday #26