For what seems to be the fiftieth time in the last decade, the media is hyperventilating over the potential government shutdown if Congress doesn't pass another funding measure by Friday night. All I can say is "who really cares?" Remember, a government shutdown isn't really a shutdown. Essential government services and expenditures will continue, and the person with total power over what constitutes essential service and expenditures is the Democrats' worst nightmare: President Trump. If the President says that it is essential that our men and women in uniform get paid; then they will get paid. If he decides that border security is essential, then ICE and the border guards will be there. If the President says that most of the regulatory bodies are not needed, then those edifices of the so called Deep State will shut temporarily. Sure, the National Parks will likely be closed -- although most of them don't have many visitors in the winter either. The grants to university professors researching things like the effect that smoking has on possums will also be halted (which will probably be a good thing for those possums.) The reality is that nearly everything that will be affected will truly NOT be essential (although the media/Democrats will portray it otherwise.)
Remember, Medicare and Social Security will go on as usual. So will Medicaid. The reality is that the people who will be most affected are people who generally strongly support the Democrats and rely on the government. Amazingly, the Democrats will be forcing this shutdown and inflicting this problem on their own supporters.
The truth is that there isn't really going to be shutdown. If it were to come, I would hope that the President would make a speech to the nation and explain how this came to pass and what his plans for dealing with it are. A direct statement to the American people would let Mr. Trump make clear who caused this mess. That is not a fight that the Democrats will ultimately want to have (in my opinion.) But hey, you never know!
Remember, Medicare and Social Security will go on as usual. So will Medicaid. The reality is that the people who will be most affected are people who generally strongly support the Democrats and rely on the government. Amazingly, the Democrats will be forcing this shutdown and inflicting this problem on their own supporters.
The truth is that there isn't really going to be shutdown. If it were to come, I would hope that the President would make a speech to the nation and explain how this came to pass and what his plans for dealing with it are. A direct statement to the American people would let Mr. Trump make clear who caused this mess. That is not a fight that the Democrats will ultimately want to have (in my opinion.) But hey, you never know!
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