The president's still wrangling to get his budget through, but his opposition says the proposed spending cuts are insufficient. In return, he's mumbling about shutting the government down if a budget bill doesn't pass soon.
But, what I thought most interesting is the subject he chose to mention, should passage not got through. His warning was, social security payments might not be made because they're part of the package. So, what he's doing is attempting to frighten older recipients of government checks in the hope that they'll pressure their representatives to be cooperative with him.
Now, while I truly doubt the situation would get to the stage where social security checks won't go out, I can certainly understand why the president chose this subject to make his point. Because, there's little else that government does that anyone cares about, and what's more, except for not mailing those checks, it's likely no one else would notice that the shutdown had occurred.
The rest of the country would run like it always does, and in fact, with no Feds around would likely run better. And I'm sure the military would be exempted from any shutdown, because without them, the president's in danger too...so he won't take the risk.
Consequently, the more I think about the subject, the more I hope a shutdown occurs. Because then we'll have proof positive that government's absence doesn't really matter a whit.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
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