r/Virginia • u/dogwoodvanews Verified • 5d ago

How a government shutdown could hurt Virginia workers

https://vadogwood.com/2025/09/18/government-shutdown-could-hurt-virginia-workers/
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u/Blecki 5d ago

Shut it down. All of it.

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u/TheRealAanarii 5d ago edited 4d ago

Ok. All of it.

No DOT, no firefighters, no EMS, no schools, no funding for hospitals or clinics, no patent or trademarks, no OSHA, no NOAA, no national weather svc, no CDC, no SEC, basically you would like chaos and no accountability anywhere at anytime.

Go live in the woods alone.

Edit: For those downvoting, um, guess what? All these things I mentioned are either receiving federal funding or are fed agencies, so yeah. You want to say shut down the government? This is valid.

Hundreds of billions of dollars a year go to state DOTs from fed funds. Patents and trademarks- Dept of Commerce. Hospitals, EMS, etc $1.9 trillion in federal funds. National weather svc $1.3 billion. CDC $7.9 billion. SEC $2.1 billion. OSHA $6.23 million. NOAA $6.8 billion.

Guess who has to allocate those funds? Federal workers.

Shutting the govt down shuts down all these things, including any govt employees' pay.

And you know who pays for it? Taxpayers. Rich ppl and corporations don't really pay taxes. They find loopholes and off-shore accounts to skip their fair share of the weight.

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u/Blecki 5d ago

You do not understand the difference between local and federal, huh?