The Fiscal Absurdity of Our Government Shutdown

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One major difference between our latest government shutdown and the 2013 shutdown is how the shutdown is affecting our national parks, Bright reminds readers (The Federalist).

In 2013, many national parks and monuments were barricaded.

By contrast, this Administration’s Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, who was at the World War II Memorial to greet visitors over the weekend, tweeted,

Not all parks are fully open but we are all working hard to make as many areas as accessible to the public as possible.

According to Senator Rand Paul: “It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open… You know your government’s dysfunctional if it costs more to shut it down than to keep it open, because we paid all these people.”

Nick Gillespie of Reason explained, “Paul was pointing out that ‘non-essential’ federal employees who were furloughed during the shutdown eventually got back pay and various interest penalties were incurred.”

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Debbie Young
Debbie, our chief political writer of Richardcyoung.com, is also our chief domestic affairs writer, a contributing writer on Eastern Europe and Paris and Burgundy, France. She has been associate editor of Dick Young’s investment strategy reports for over five decades. Debbie lives in Key West, Florida, and Newport, Rhode Island, and travels extensively in Paris and Burgundy, France, cooking on her AGA Cooker, driving through Vermont and Maine, and practicing yoga. Debbie has completed the 200-hour Krama Yoga teacher training program taught by Master Instructor Ruslan Kleytman. Debbie is a strong supporting member of the NRA.