[edpc]

classified as “essential services"

Whenever this phrase is employed, it always makes one wonder why the "non-essential" services are still being funded.

[wizzardude]

classified as “essential services"
Whenever this phrase is employed, it always makes one wonder why the "non-essential" services are still being funded.

I couldn't agree more - if they're "non-essential", then obviously we don't need them. If we don't need them, shut them down. If we shut them down, we don't spend... how much again?