One thing I have learned from the shutdown is how many local charities depend on government handouts for a good portion of their operating money. On the news (Houston) lately they have been running stories about all the places that are worried about what they’re going to do if the shutdown continues. I guess it’s a tactic by the media to make us feel mad about the shutdown but it looks to me like people and their causes have become comfortable taking tax payer money.
Probably mostly charities “serving” illegal immigrants.