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wiggs

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21. Read their letter. Could have included a more effective strategy of asking the GOP to due their part and
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 03:21 PM
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restore funding that would benefit most of the 9 million workers in the hospitality industry. It's the GOP who need to be convinced to do their jobs...senate dems are already looking out for hospitality workers.

Would have thought that even the hotel owners association would support that...except maybe political loyalty may be more of a priority than the 31 million per day loss?? Someone should ask them: in what way has our disordered and narcissistic WH helped their industry?

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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 13 hrs ago #25
We're not going anywhere. Ritabert 12 hrs ago #27
This really has nothing to do with the shutdown. Its due to high cost of everything so people not spending Raftergirl 12 hrs ago #26
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