[Nip]

So, let me get this correct.

An appointed bureaucrat has set policy for the entire Federal government. Did he do this with prior approval of his sole boss, President Trump? Or did it to support his subordinates which is the bottom line job of ALL bureaucratic heads?

After proving that roughly 800,000 employees aren’t needed to have an effective government why are we now on the hook for their salary and benefits for an undetermined period of time? What other business could afford this level of unproductive overhead?

[davidb56]

Theres a good possibility most of the goober mint voted for hildabeast and other socialist candidates..........

[TheDandyMan]

Tens of thousands of Coast Guard personnel and federal law enforcement are still working, just not being paid at present. If those positions were liquidated tomorrow it would certainly have an adverse effect. There are other functions, like the National Parks, that are not essential but are generally popular and I doubt Trump wants to be the guy who shutters the NPS.

Point being, that 800k not currently being paid doesn’t necessarily indicate 800k who aren’t working or needed and/or generally wanted. There is a lot of deadwood to trim but a lot of it is already funded and being paid, unaffected by the “shutdown”.