I am tired of this shutdown government talk.
800,000 workers won’t be paid? What about the 1,000,000 or so civilian employees who do the jobs government employees won’t do?
Companies like CACI, CSC, Accenture, Cognizant to name a few who have personnel working all over the world for the military? The drivers, bodyguards, caterers. The Datacenter workers who keep some of the bases throughout the US and the rest of the world running? The local economies that support the workers?
It’s nice to be an armchair quarterback and say “shut it down.” There is a lot more to it than a class not being able to access a bathroom in Ft. Marcy Park on a Saturday.
If you're not ready to take tough measures, than leave the field and take a seat in the grandstand. We need real adult leadership with courage and vision. If we cringe every time one group or the other screams because fixing our economy will be painful for them, we have no chance of success.
Unfortunately, Trump appears to be the only adult leader willing to speak the truth. The Republicans have already been sold out by their crybaby, effete, elite, career politician, "leader".
God help us.