The government is shutdown, I wondered why I felt better when I woke up this morning.

Q. What corporation keeps "non-essential" personnel employed?

A. Not a one, corporations have a duty to the shareholders to improve the bottom line. When a person is deemed non-essential to the improvement of the bottom line they are released from employment. This is not true in government which has no bottom line, no budget, and no accountability to the shareholders (the net tax payor).

I'll bet my definition of "non-essential" is different from the government's definition.