Looks like my government-shutdown cruise is off. For now, at least.
Don Surber has a cartoon that pretty much captures my view of a shutdown (except for the "feel bad" part).
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"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
I suspect that the various and assorted Congresscritters and bureaucrats, and other professional leeches, were terrified that people might realize how LITTLE impact shutting down the Feds would really have.
ReplyDeleteHence their motivation to pass a budget was intense indeed.
Actually, neither party was sure which one would get the major share of the blame. I think this is a good thing. Keep them guessing.
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