Unnecessary shutdowns
5/10/13 17:42![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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talkpoliticsThe 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.
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.
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Date: 7/10/13 18:54 (UTC)Then why is there no security during normal operations? Even at the Arizona memorial, no employees were there watching me. They only were there to tell me its time to get back on the ferry.
Four weeks? And you know this because...?
Are you asking why I said four weeks or why sidewalks will be fine without maintenance in four weeks. I said four weeks because I just gave a time period. One that I thought was worst cause scenario. No specific reason. My real guess would be 2 weeks. Why sidewalks don't need maintenance in that time frame... it's common sense.
Maybe because they would like to leave at least a few open.
DC announced that they were picking up trash at 372 locations where the NPS stopped doing it. Now, 372 locations probably refers to multiple locations per park, but still, a bit more than a few.
The high profile parks are more likely to require a security presence.
So let me get this straight. The argument to barricade these parks is because there is no funding for security. So instead of having security at the memorial's, they place security, security they couldn't afford in the first place, outside to guard barricades to keep people out. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, nevermind the fact that the memorials didn't require guarding under normal conditions anyways.