The specter of Government Shutdown is WAY overblown ... anyone furloughed during a gov shutdown gets back paid and most of them get help from their unions with short term problems like buying food and what not. The real criminal thing is that Dems will do more harm during a shutdown than they really need to because they want the people to "feel the pain" ... and then blame it on Republicans. Shameful. It's called
The Washington Monument Ploy and we have GOT to stop falling for it.
Anyway,
the Federal Government has shut down 17 times before with no negative consequences to the people so to claim that a government shutdown is some awful, horrible, terribly painful thing is just bovine scat.