The Great Government Shutdown of 2025

During this Great Government Shutdown we see some government workers sent home to await their eventual paychecks while others are considered essential personnel and are still hard at work.

Seems mighty unfair that at the end of the shutdown, the non-essential will get full back pay while those who worked will get the same and little acknowledgement for their loyalty and effort.

If I might make a suggestion to the powers that be, after the shutdown ends, those who were considered essential personnel and actually worked during the shutdown should get a 15 percent bonus while those who stayed at home should get a 15 percent reduction. Also, those who were working and called in sick or took time out should also have those particular pay hours reduced by 15 percent so as to give them a reason to not abuse sick leave or vacation time at a moment when they are really needed.

Let’s get a little fairness here for the working class.

            by © Clyde James Aragon  - All Rights Reserved

Vote In New Mexico? What For?

Early voting has begun in New Mexico for municipal elections, culminating on November 4, Election Day. Now we will hear our Democrat propaganda media here tell us about the importance of voting and how every vote counts and on and on and on.

Well whoop-de-do.

In this state, all they need us Republicans, conservatives, and independents for is to legitimize the Democrat dictatorship we live under. In the recent special session called by the governor, the Democrat majority in the legislature could have just as easily peed in the face of every elected Republican as ignore them. It was an embarrassment to watch as pre-written laws were easily ratified but I think the Republicans in the Legislature showed they have very little pride left in themselves. Not that they could do anything about it.

But the Democrats have used our tax money for the past 90 years to bribe themselves into perpetual office with welfare dollars and programs that do the work and thinking for the average New Mexican. You can’t fight that kind of cotton candy. The people of New Mexico were born with their hand out and, by God, they’re going to die with their hand out.

Yes, I know our brave military heroes fought for our vote, fought for our freedom but when you live in a one-party state, whose populace seeks only their own comfort, you wonder if it was worth it. So I say let this election be 100 percent for Democrats or whatever their computers are programmed to give them.

Pardon my cynicism but I've earned it. Voting in New Mexico is a waste of gas, a waste of time, and a waste of concern.

            © Clyde James Aragon