Why the government should shut down -- A national civics lesson is long overdue

MarketWatch ^ | April 7, 2011, 9:32 a.m. EDT | David Callaway

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A government shutdown would lead to homeless wandering the streets, a national unemployment problem, a vicious power grab by Wall Street’s elite, and a rush by Americans to hoard precious assets such as gold and silver.

So what else is new? By those measures, the government’s been closed for months.

The gridlock in Washington is manifesting itself in the worst way possible this week, with both sides dug in and President Obama warning of dire consequences if the government grinds to a halt this weekend — from the furloughs of 800,000 federal employees to the freezing of paychecks issued to military personnel.

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And while few people will mind seeing the IRS shuttered the week before taxes are due, the threat to close the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington is just dirty politics.

None of this will be taken seriously by the American public, however, until the government actually does shut down. Posturing, threats and finger pointing have become the norm not only in Washington in the Obama era, but in the national debate as well. The seething anger underlying both party platforms these days is unhealthy to the republic.

A civics lesson is in order.

Americans need to see first hand what small government really is. To have their parks closed and their work permits halted and their government subsidies and environmental projects frozen.

[tutstar]

bfl

[frogjerk]

The bigger question is who was voted off DWTS? -avg govt cheese recipient

[Nachum]

The libs are dying for this. They want to teach us a “lesson”.

The shut down, if there is one, will only point out that it was the libs that made it happen. Sort of reminds me of a “day without a Mexican” we had in southern California.

It was one of the best days we had in Southern California in decades.

Please libs, please do it. Make our day.

[VRWCmember]

and a rush by Americans to hoard precious assets such as gold and silver.

I'm thinking brass and lead may be more valuable than gold and silver before long.

[repentant_pundit]

The seething anger underlying both party platforms these days is unhealthy to the republic

(and further into the article:) this is just an annual flare-up in the Capitol that this year has gone a little too far because of the makeup of Congress after last November’s elections

Yeah, and I bet George Washington's soldiers and the tyrant Redcoats weren't angry at each other. Nah, just wanted to reach a "deal", right ?

Freedom isn't what's important, right ? The main thing is to work together. And to behave like "grownups".

The article is just leftist garbage.

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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And they are going at it on the Market Watch website.

[PATRIOT1876]

A government shutdown > Electing Democrats again would lead to homeless wandering the streets, a national unemployment problem, a vicious power grab by Wall Street’s elite, and a rush by Americans to hoard precious assets such as gold and silver.

Not that Leftist policies haven’t done that already. Just take a look at Gary, Indiana (the “model city”), Detroit, or the towns in California that had to shut down because of too many illegal aliens.

[jospehm20]

Me too.