“...the military doesn’t get shut down, still gets paid....So people may have gotten to worried here unnecessarily.”
I’m sure you’re right, but my worry is the opposite - that nothing really shuts down - and I wish it would.
Who decides what is “essential”? Even the definition of military gets blurry - if it’s anything related to national security, I doubt the quasi military in the FBI, CIA, NSA, DOJ, DOS, etc, would shut down.
In short, the entire deep state and shadow government that Trump is battling - they would keep on subverting the will of the people during a “shutdown”.
The only services shut down would be high profile items that will make a good anti-republican news story about granny being thrown over a cliff and whatnot.
It’s all done for show, so the democrats can hold republicans hostage.
I hope Trump just calls their bluff - if he caves that’s like paying a blackmailer ransom - it only encourages more blackmailing.
Not sure at all that I was right, think I was wrong. Today I am reading it is unclear how the military gets paid after February 1.