Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Does A Government Shutdown Even Matter? -- December 12, 2018

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

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  1. Sadly, most of the farm bill has little to do with farms. It's all about subsidies for food stamps and funding welfare.
    Only in American politics can you find a program best suited for HHS being funded out of the Ag Dept.
    Has never made sense to me

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    1. Thank you. I was very, very naive on this point. Politicians are very, very clever how they name bills; promote bills; and pay for programs. Thank you for the reminder.

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