1. Violación de la Cláusula de Apropiaciones y la Ley Anti-Deficiencia.
El principal punto de conflicto durante el cierre gubernamental fue la acción del ejecutivo de mover y gastar fondos sin la aprobación explícita del Congreso, un acto considerado ilegal y anticonstitucional que socava el poder legislativo sobre el erario público.
- Only congress can appropriate money , a constitutional requirement reinforced by the antideficiency act it is illegal for them to spend money not appropriated.
- Trump seized the money congress earmarked for research to pay troops its by far the most illegal budgetary action hes taken as potus.
- No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.
- The antideficiency act, a law that has evolved since 1870, prohibits the government from spending money that congress has not.
2. La Controversia de la Donación Privada (Timothy Mellon).
La aceptación de una donación de 130 millones de dólares de un megadonante para pagar a las tropas generó alarma, no solo por su legalidad bajo la Ley Anti-Deficiencia, sino por la percepción de que los oligarcas están comprando influencia directa sobre las operaciones gubernamentales y militares.
- Timothy mellon gave 130 million to fund troops during shutdown. Why.
- Accepting private for federal payroll likely violates the antideficiency act. This dark money donation fuels the fear that megadonorsoligarchs are buying direct control over govt operations. Is our military for sale?
- 130 million covers less than seven hours of military payroll.
- If we let oligarchs pay our military instead of congress then its not our military anymore.
3. El Poder del Ejecutivo y el Desafío al Congreso.
Las acciones del ejecutivo, incluyendo la retención ilegal de fondos ya asignados por el Congreso (impoundment) y la decisión unilateral de dónde gastar, han sido interpretadas como un intento de anular la autoridad constitucional del poder legislativo, estableciendo un precedente de gobierno por decreto.
- Trump is illegally subverting congress you and me by bypassing congress power to spend. He cannot pull out money to pay for stuff from wherever he wantseven the militarys wages.
- Trump refuses to spend money as directed by congress. That is a major violation of the constitution that justifies impeachment, conviction, and removal.
- This is what a king ruling by decree looks like. Maga sees no reason to bring congress back, end the shutdown, or have elections.
- If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any member of congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under donald trump?
4. Impacto y Consecuencias del Cierre.
El cierre ha puesto de manifiesto una clara priorización de gastos, donde se asegura el pago de las fuerzas militares y se financian proyectos de vanidad o políticos, mientras que otros empleados federales y programas sociales esenciales sufren la falta de fondos.
- Why would he pay the military but no one else? think about it.
- So theres money to pay ice during shutdown to build 200mil ballroom pay wrestler 100m for a cage match on wh lawn now enough to bail out trump voting farmers in biggest socialist program ever but he shut the govt down over dem demands to fund healthcare yep.
- This is a blatant move to get the military behind him. Hes moving money around in violation of the first amendment.
- No bigger waste of taxpayer money than a govt shutdown. Theyre always caused by right wing lunatics who allegedly care about such things and end up paying millions of federal workers for weeks of work they didnt do.