Aside from watching President Trump humiliate Nancy Pelosi et al., there are many useless government drones re-evaluating their career choice. I came across this interesting take on the shutdown from a federal official still on the job, without pay.
"The lapse in appropriations is more than a battle over a wall. It is
an opportunity to strip wasteful government agencies for good.
On
an average day, roughly 15 percent of the employees around me are
exceptional patriots serving their country. I wish I could give
competitive salaries to them and no one else. But 80 percent feel no
pressure to produce results. If they don’t feel like doing what they are
told, they don’t.
Why would they? We can’t fire them. They avoid
attention, plan their weekend, schedule vacation, their second job,
their next position — some do this in the same position for more than a
decade."
(...)
"The president’s instincts are right. Most Americans will not miss
non-essential government functions. A referendum to end government
plunder must happen. Wasteful government agencies are fighting for
relevance but they will lose. Now is the time to deliver historic change
by cutting them down forever."
Read the whole article: I’m A Senior Trump Official, And I Hope A Long Shutdown Smokes Out The Resistance
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