At the expense of offending some of you, I have something to say... We have been in a government shutdown now for about 13 hours or so, and the world has not ended? We were led to believe by a good portion of the media, and our president that crisis was just around the corner. I do not understand???
I understand there are going to be furloughs, or layoffs of, according to the media, tens of thousands of "non essential" workers. What exactly constitutes a non essential worker?
I can tell you this, ONLY IN GOVERNMENT would we employ non essential people. Anyone who has ever made a payroll knows the costs and private sector companies do not have "non essential" employees. This is one of many reasons why our government is dysfunctional. This is one of many reasons why our government is broke financially. NO PRIVATE BUSINESS CAN OPERATE WITH A BUNCH OF NON ESSENTIAL PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL. WHY IS IT OKAY FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE SO BLOATED AND OVERBURDENED? Because it is about buying votes, period. Freebies for non producers. I say leave the government shut down until we can get some adults in charge who know how to manage the country's finances.
