At least those essential gubbamint employees, Bert and Ernie are still getting paid.
We spent $124.409 billion
and only $2.542 billion was spent on federal salaries.
Did the rest go to al Qaeda?
We are off to a much more sustainable start for the year.
Those furloughed aren’t being missed, so we should introduce a bill to pay them their vested retirement, eliminate their positions and halt the H1-B visa program so they can find jobs in the private sector.
What would the effect be if every conservative worker in the country started claiming 12 dependents? And every small business showed a quarterly loss?