During the brief but spectacularly embarrassing shutdown, any government function deemed ‘nonessential’ was shut down... whichSovereignMan's Simon Black notes, raises an interesting question:
Why does the government do anything that’s non-essential to begin with?
Every single function they take on sucks resources out of the economy. They squander and waste the majority of those resources, then end up giving people a $2 billion website that doesn’t work.
Clearly this is a government in need of serious downsizing.
Any other organization in the world with a history of such gargantuan waste would be forced to strip itself down to its core and limit itself to only the most essential functions.
Sadly, though, the public attention seems to be focused on how terrible this shutdown is and how these politicians need to come together to reopen the government.
Are you kidding me? This is a gift. Keep it closed.
The last time the government shut down in October 2013, the US economy posted its highest quarterly GDP growth in years.
And when the economy shut down TWICE in the fourth quarter of 1995, the US economy posted a whopping 7.2% growth rate in the following quarter.
The evidence is pretty clear - the longer these politicians bicker and argue, the better off everyone else will be.
Here’s to hoping they keep their doors closed for a very, very long time.
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The US government is evil to its core.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fine except...
ReplyDelete1) when the government reopens every worker furloughed will get back pay.
2) No one will get a refund check until after the government reopens.
I'm sure others can come up with other reasons.
Well as a furloughed worker this is how I provide for my family. While I am non essential, my job does provide a needed service to those within our community. Not being able to pay bills puts my family in jeopardy. Even with back pay.
ReplyDeleteIt is easy to get on a high horse when you aren't the one effected.
1,100 full time civil service jobs at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. These are your neighbors and they contribute significantly to the local economy.
ReplyDeleteAre they not getting paid now?
DeleteOh really???? My child is an active member of the USMC and I expect my government to pay the people protecting it's citizens.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of "non-essential" government employees. They should all be fired!
ReplyDeleteWe need Govt downsizing. It happened once in the DoD-dept of def. Employees were offered $25,000.00 to retire. Of course you had to meet criteria. Many in my organization took the money and ran.
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