AND...the non-essential folks will get they pay a few days later than usual.
Assuming there are 1m government workers, 250,000 will be out of work. That’s what I call balancing the budget.
During the last apocalyptic shutdown, my kid tested “Wow, so it appears that I am essential to the United States.”
He kept working through the shutdown as a college intern at NASA. He was working for a contractor but essential enough to be allowed in the building.
Yes, if I was one of those few government workers that might be affected by the shutdown, I’d be cheering for it—get several weeks off, ultimately with pay. I don’t think there has ever been a shutdown where the affected workers didn’t ultimately get paid for the lost work. Taxpayers lose. In this case, shut it down, shut the border, and keep both shut down until the full wall and “perfect security” is achieved. I’d love to read more into that—maybe e-Verify? End catch-and-release? Immediate deport of anyone crossing or staying illegally? No asylum if already offered elsewhere? No welfare of any type? No sanctuary cities or states? Etc., Etc. Etc.
smoke and mirrors. In the end We the People still ante up the coins