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U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed
theodp writes "CNN reports that the U.S. government shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT Tuesday after lawmakers in the House and the Senate could not agree on a spending bill to fund the government. Federal employees who are considered essential will continue working. But employees deemed non-essential — close to 800,000 — will be furloughed, and most of those are supposed to be out of their offices within four hours of the start of business Tuesday."
The people who steal one third of my paycheck! Who will spy on me? Who will treat me with contempt? Who will give my money to people who don't work? Who will blow up those nasty foreigners with drones? Who will second-guess my personal choices?
And what about the cronies!!? How will they get their schemes funded? Won't someone please think of the cronies!!!?
Do they do ANYTHING for the actual good of the country?
Short answer: no.
Long answer: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
A victory for the British Empire!
Well, I don't see any terrorists around, so it must be working!
It's just like the rock I keep on my nightstand to ward off tigers. Sure, it's not a recurring cost, like the war on terror, but it has a similar effect.
Proof for you naysayers: I've yet to be so much as scratched by a tiger in my sleep.
Required reading for internet skeptics
War on common sense - I think we actually won that one...
Hey, those Fortune 100 companies paid good money for those laws and regulations!
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not war
There is one profession older than warrior and it _is_ more profitable. In fact prostitution probably has one of the highest returns on investment.
War on it's own citizens
War on mis-use of apostrophe's (sic)