The reason politicians try to avoid shutdowns or only have short-term (1-3 days) is that they do not want the general populace to realize we do not need many of those government agents/agencies.
Essential services still go on.
I hope the Rats shut things down and Trump jujutsu’s it like Reagan did the aircraft controllers strike. Popcorn with extra butter!
Progress would be made.
Cant wait for them to be stood down. Getting popcorn ready.
Under the Bushes and Clintons and Obamas, the most corrupt government employees have been risen to the top of these empires and mottled into the government.
They love the idea of removing “non-essential” employees, because they have already placed handfuls of key employees beneath them as essential to cover their corruption and favor the use of contractors to perform as much governmental work as possible.
Their corrupt mechanisms with some contractors have been honed so that the financial trails are reinforced from bottom to top, to all elements of checks and balances of procurement, and environments of the contractors being selected.
They promote whistleblower protection to encourage those who might find actionable evidence, to expose themselves before their systems of corruption are too exposed. This affords the corrupt system time to counteract those who might expose their corruption without losing control of their corrupted empire.
When “non-essential” employees are furloughed, the essential employees simply fall back on their requirements to procure additional replacement service via their corrupted contracted mechanisms. They typically require 3x the cost of normal “non-essential” costs to perform the documented effort by contracted methods.
Additionally, during the times of “lean” resources, the corrupt “essential” mechanisms are working in a busier environment with less resources to hold them accountable for inefficient policies and procurement.
If you really want to remove non-essential employees, look to the ones who have become the wealthiest, drive the nicest cars, have surrounded themselves by cliques to advance their positions using faux professional credentials, and have not had to work with extremely lean budgets and still produce.
They’ve risen to the top and they know they are corrupt, but have been so successful in stealing their resources, that they actually begin to believe their lies and aren’t satiated with what they have stolen in their corruption.
The only good on the present staffing is that the most corrupt have been elevated to the top and have become more densely populated in the higher echelons. They are attracted to apparent worldly power, now making it easier to identify and remove them. Before they are removed, I suspect they will cause the removal of the most selfless and efficient personnel who are able to persevere, in order to protect their empires.
As with all things in life, the only real solution is to first live through faith in Christ. Anything other than this, is at best, simply good for nothingness.
Food stamp money still goes out, some to illegals.
The troops don’t get paid until its over.
Dems and Sen Linda Graham shutting down the government over demands for illegals.
A great test for Trump, can he make the most of this to put Dems in a corner and squirm, or does he F this one up putting Dems in charge of one or both houses of congress?
A good test.
Nonessential employees are mainly make-work for the unmotivated and parasites. It is truly pathetic how many government “workers” are unessential. Fire them all.
Likely 75% of govt employees are non essential. That’s the problem.
Non essentials are for the most part the worker bees.