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Prairie Gates

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

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:06 AM

Oct 23

And people are not traveling to states where they don't feel comfortable with the political beliefs of the populace.

Trump's sociopathic partisan bullshit is destroying the country.

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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 Oct 23 OP

Fuck them and their balance sheets. LuvLoogie Oct 23 #1

How presumptuous. ... littlemissmartypants Oct 23 #7

If you have a government contract you still have to perform, you just don't get paid. Fine print. twodogsbarking Oct 23 #2

Yup melm00se Oct 23 #18

Depends upon the contract. Happy Hoosier Oct 23 #19

When it comes down to it, they're not "essential", and that's why they have a problem muriel_volestrangler Oct 23 #3

Yeah. But they're the proletariat 3Hotdogs Oct 23 #9

Air travel will be a holy mess Bluetus Oct 23 #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 Oct 23 #4

Bingo. ... littlemissmartypants Oct 23 #8

Yes, I've been wondering when the US travel industry would say something IronLionZion Oct 23 #13

100% pandr32 Oct 23 #16

This. I'm reading that vacation rentals have been way down. yardwork Oct 23 #20

Bullshit .They're bleeding cash because no one wants to come to his Autumn Oct 23 #5

They should have mentioned tarriffs mgardener Oct 23 #6

Gotta pay the rent. Gonna need corporate debt securities bailout. Trillions. bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #10

Do the hotel operators lodge complaints about disappeared or scared employees who do wiggs Oct 23 #11

Lobbyists Must Be Worried modrepub Oct 23 #12

Many families need $50 for groceries Marthe48 Oct 23 #14

Trump will now sue them Quanto Magnus Oct 23 #17

Read their letter. Could have included a more effective strategy of asking the GOP to due their part and wiggs Oct 23 #21

Surely it's not because they're over-priced and under perform. Buddyzbuddy Oct 23 #22

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

Where would we go? BidenRocks Oct 23 #24

I've learned more about cooking and food $ saving since I retired in early Dec. 2023......... wolfie001 Oct 24 #25

We're not going anywhere. Ritabert Oct 24 #27

This really has nothing to do with the shutdown. Its due to high cost of everything so people not spending Raftergirl Oct 24 #26