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During shutdown, don’t pay president, Congress

A solution to the government shutdown: Cut off all pay and benefits to all members of Congress and the president and their staffs until they come to an agreement on moving forward with the business of running this country.

I bet the shutdown would be over in a couple of days.

Jim Adkins

Bradenton

This story was originally published January 17, 2019 at 8:17 AM.

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