hprinze Loc: Central Florida

There is no government shutdown.

Closing a few monuments and museums and some operations that will inconvenience Americans, but will not save any money, but cost money in some cases, is not a shutdown.

A shutdown would STOP the giving of money to foreign countries.

It would stop Obama's illegal use of AF-1 and its attendent expense of $180,000 PER HOUR as his personal toy used for golf trips, dinner dates, campaiging, and fund raising.

It would STOP Michelle Obama's 30 to 40 personal servants from being paid huge salaries from tax money.

It would end the subsidized goodies for congress and other employees like barber shops, cafes, banking, and various stores and shops that sell to senators and representatives.

It would stop giving tax money in the form of food stamps, welfare, Obama phones, ADC, WIC, housing subsidues, etc. to able bodied people who refuse to work.

It would stop using tax mpney to meddle in the internal affairs of foreign countries.

It would shutdown all the unnecessary and/or unconstitutional government bureaus.

It would stop using tax money to operate radio and TV broadcast stations in co0mpetition with private enterprise stations.

It would stop giving politicians, bureaucrats, and government employees obscene pay, retirement, and expensive bennies.

It would stop tax payer financing of weaponry and money to the Al Queda-Muslim Brotherhood coalition in Egypt, Libya, syria, and God knows where else.

That's only a partial list of NON ESSENTIAL government. The list could go on, but I believe people can get the message.

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

The shut down (if you want to call it that) is aimed at the people not government itself. Obama has taken it upon himself to shut things down that the feds don't even pay for thus making it much harder on the owner and in the process he's stealing those tax revenues.

Confused

The National parks are actually money makers so why shut them down and allow the government to pay Congress ? It has become quite clear that this political feud is complete bulls**t . Barrycades at open air memorials that never had them . I would venture to say the Barrycades cost more money than if they weren't there at all . Park rangers who usually sit on their asses now erect Barrycades at Old Faithful and actually have to get off their asses to harass people taking pictures . Finally we see the t***sparency this pathetic candidate promised . Public lands are not closed to oil drillers , just Grandma snapping a few photos of a part of the country " We the People " OWN .

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

I'm willing to be that it costs more to shut them down that leave them open.

Buck Loc: Valparaiso,IN

cold iron Loc: White House

SURPRISE, SURPRISE..

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I have worked in the government on and off for 40 years. During that time I became quite familiar with requisitions, bidding, awarding contracts etc. It is a time consuming process with bean-counters and pencil-necked bureaucrats every step of the way. The simplest request takes months not days or hours.

In less than 8 hours of the shutdown, miraculously, professionally printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the country in the tens of thousands saying this park, facility, etc. [with custom logos] closed due to government shutdown. There has not been a government shutdown in 17 years. These signs were designed, specifications were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted and vetted, government contracts were awarded. The materials were then ordered and the signs manufactured then distributed U.S. Mails or freight companies.

This shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance at least 6-8 month ago. Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and spent in this process. There is a paper trail a mile long leading directly to the White House.

Confused

Thank you !

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Well either that or it would have been more waste.I did wonder how they got signs so quickly, bet they paid top dollar!

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Makes sense!! Wow!!