Facts and/or what I recall as being factual:
- past government shutdowns have been "nothing burgers"
- "everyone" in government has been through this before; they know the drill
- government workers are so protected by the Deep State, that they will be protected and adequately compensated for any shutdown
- government workers already have unemployment forms on their desks, ready to be signed and filed the minute the government is shutdown; they will draw 90% of their government salary during their furlough
- 95% of government is deemed critical and won't be affected by a government shutdown anyway
- 75% of the government is currently funded
- so, we're talking about 5% of 25% of the government will be shutdown or 1.25% of the government
- the agency most affected by the shutdown, ironically, will be Homeland Security
- I doubt folks going to national parks in the middle of December will be inconvenienced
- the farm bill will be passed regardless; the farm bill has nothing do with a government shutdown
