Government Shutdown

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Many of the national parks get very busy during the fall season with leaves turning. I know several near here would be closed. It also cost about 1 billion just to shut govt. down. I don't really care, they waste billions like pennies.

Sad, congress gets paid, soldiers would get IOU's to redeem later.

You got me thinking something (again) that many of us probably have wondered at one point or another: Why the hell can't the government conduct itself like everybody else - to live within it's means instead of charging everything on credit?

It's like a giant snowball rolling downhill. It just gets bigger, and bigger. This can't go on forever.