Speyside wrote:The people who won't get Food stamps soon would notice, the children who won't get breakfast or lunch at school shortly would notice. The national parks that are being vandalized would notice. There are plenty of other examples that would be noticed. The HUMAN BEINGS effected by this are noticing. The places the 800,000 spend their money will notice. But who cares, right Dave. I mean its not like people will have to choose between putting food on their table or pay for life saving medicine. Or worry about being evicted due to not paying their rent.
Who won't get food stamps? I know nothing about this risk.
Lunch at school? I don't know about that, either. But, might engender a somewhat different conversation, too.....I mean let's talk about fed responsibility to feed kids at school.
National Park vandalism? Yeah - agree that its fd up...people that cut down Joshua Trees and other stupid chit should do serious time in jail....Is that the fault of the shutdown? Or, that of morally deprived individuals with irresponsible parents and likely little redeeming societal value?
Which HUMAN BEINGS? Is it my role as a federal tax payer to prop up those businesses where the money isn't being spent? Is that really a good reason to employ government workers?
Don't get me wrong -- I think the shutdown is a great example of how broken our representative system is currently. Should NEVER have happened. But since it has, it might be a good time to consider whether we really need a government so big that when its shut down for three weeks, the impact is remarkably minor (IMO.)