Time to end shutdowns forever
The 36-day partial shutdown of the federal government was painful. It tossed 350,000 federal workers out of
their offices, left 800,000 folks without paychecks for a month, suspended
vital business and services for which tax dollars are paid, sent painful
tremors through the general economy and literally threatened zero growth for
the first quarter of this year giving markets fits.
It also scared the bejeesus out of lawmakers on both sides
of Capitol Hill and both sides of the aisle because they learned the hard way shutdowns
aren’t just a Washington, DC phenomenon, but slam small town and big cities equally,
and victims weren’t just federal workers but all folks who vote and their
families.
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