Political Theater

I can’t believe the WSJ is buying into this “government shutdown” charade. What a crock. 87% of the government considers itself “essential” and therefore NEVER shuts down. Mark Levin detailed this nonsense yesterday. The only parts of government that shut down are those visible parts that will inconvenience the public for the purpose of political theater. National Parks, the Smithsonian, passport processing….and it’s not like the government workers become destitute and can’t pay their mortgages. The furloughed employees receive back pay, so they typically receive a paid vacation. Virtually every recent administration, except the spineless GW, has suffered through a “shutdown” when the opposing party attempted to muscle through Congress their own agenda. Trump holds the most recent record of 35 days in his previous administration, but the apocalyptic shutdown usually lasts only a few days. And has the sky fallen? Has the country ceased to function? Of course not. All this theater for what? So the democrats can spend more taxpayer dollars on a progressive wishlist that includes healthcare for illegal aliens, Obamacare subsidies, an extension of Covid relief funding, and free Medicaid for able-bodied men in their 20s to remain unemployed so they can smoke weed and play video games on the couch. Shumer will rant and rave to support the measures after the far left of his party threatened to primary him with their socialist darling AOC, but the Dems have chosen a revealing hill to die on.