A Primer On The "Government Shutdown"
Let it "shutdown" and let the Supreme Court decide immigration. Put that behind us then go to next.
A PRIMER ON THE “GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN”
STEVEN HAYWARD Source: Powerlineblog.com
".......But as I noted here in October, it is a myth that the government actually “shuts down.” Worth repeating here:
This really is fake news of the highest order. ...."
"...What will happen? “Non-essential personnel” in Washington will be told to stay home. If they’re “non-essential,” why not make that permanent? Social Security checks will continue to go out, our military will stay on post, etc. About the only thing that regular citizens might notice is that federal facilities will be closed. No trips to the Smithsonian, the Washington monument will be closed, etc.
There are something like 50,000 units of government in the United States, if you count all the local mosquito abatement districts, etc. State and local government will go on as usual—the level of government that most of us see and interact with the most. This is one glory of a federalist system—as attenuated as it has become over the last 75 years. It is the special conceit of Washington that a budget impasse there means that “government” is shutting down. If only! Lots of government—including many auto-pilot programs of the federal government like Social Security—will go on as if nothing had happened. . . The point is, the “government shutdown” in Washington affects very little of the government that most of us see and depend on...."
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/01/a-primer-on-the-government-shutdown.php
