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

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

The only part of the employer mandate that has been delayed are the paperwork requirements. Because the regs were confusing and companies were having difficulty understanding how to comply. That's it. the tax on medical devices goes to defray some of the cost of setting up the exchanges that the federal government takes on because states decided they didn't want to cover poor people under the ACA. And since more sates than expected went in this direction Democratic representatives who were in favor of the repeal changed their position, because it would have been fiscally irresponsible not to.

Otherwise - its green light all the way. Minimum coverage requirements, minimum amount of premiums to be used for actual care not for insurance executives bonuses requirement, elimination of pre-existing condition exclusions, elimination of dollar limits on certain types of care, elimination of exclusions for contraceptives, elimination of lifetime maximums all done and gone.