Unnecessary shutdowns

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

The federal government is shutting down a lot of things that are either don't need to be shut down (because they cost no money to operate) or actually cost more to shut down than they do to keep operating. These include both national parks and government agency websites.

http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/84362-13-national-parks-impacted-government-shutdown/
http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/02/government-will-shut-down-websites-even

We're at the point where the government is just being petty and working on zooming well past that point.

For those who think it's justified because the Republicans won't budge on Obamacare, that just doesn't fit the facts.



As a libertarian, I'm fine with permanently cutting 800,000 federal workers and I think it's nice that they've identified the agencies we can do without, but I'd rather it happen with at least the standard 2-week warning for people. Pretty much all politicians in office right now are acting like children, but that's what happens when the electorate is also.

Comments

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

All this has been put in place because of repeated quckery, inedible food, and other forms of fraud through the turn of the century. Our food and our medicine was literally killing us, and it can all happen again.

As for the parks, well, I think it's telling that the exploiting of natural resources has gotten so bad that it ended in the fucking Dust Bowl...

[geezer-also.livejournal.com]

That's better, thanks.

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

quackery