Government Shutdown Actually Costs Money

This is an on going series of why you can't drain the swamp. What we immediately began to realize when we studied how Government works is it never is what it seems. The idyllic dream of getting everyone out of office so that a new group of responsible people could represent the taxpaying public has just taken another detour. Why work to get paid when you can just shut down and get paid more? Most people when they hear the Government has to shut down immediately think that both sides can't agree and so this inconvenience to the taxpaying public is a result of their incompetence. Quite the contrary. Sure it's an inconvenience to the taxpaying public but that is not all it is. It actually costs "more money" to run the government when its shut down then when its open (article). Did they hear "more money?" Why don't they just run it in a shutdown state all the time?So rather than being incompetent, the elected officials are actually exercising their competency. The problem all has to do with perception. The taxpaying public has the perception that these supposedly honorable people are exhibiting such moral high ground that they will become servants of the people for the greater good of society.Think about that for a second. Why would a well educated, highly intelligent, wealthy, and powerful person submit themselves to becoming a servant? Everything about what they have achieved to this point in their life and the people they chose to surround themselves with says just the opposite. They hire servants and pay them as little as possible. Do you think they are going to become a servant? Have they convinced you it's worth being a servant if you pay them enough? Have they convinced you the greater good is actually being served? Isn't the whole point of wanting to drain the swamp to get people like them out of there? If they were really serving you and had the greater good in mind wouldn't they stay as far away from that place as possible?Apparently, they have a swamp in Washington D.C. that needs draining they would like to sell you.So when the opportunity arises to join an elite group of people who are using group psychology to convince the taxpaying public they are their servants so they can amass the ultimate in wealth and power, why in the world would they suddenly jump ship and become a good Samaritan? Hint: They wouldn't!Rather isn't this the moment, they are in the zone and everything about who they are and what they are about is like a fine-tuned machine out to screw anyone and everyone and make themselves the ultimate beneficiary. The best part of all is all they have to do is take a few acting classes to make it appear they care. Certainly, at this point, they don't know how to do that by themselves anymore. So when everyone is counting on them to keep the government functioning, since it obviously won't function efficiently or effectively anymore, they step it up another notch. Working together to secretly achieve a government shutdown while running around blaming it on each other. This allows the seeming financial chaos to actually orchestrate even more funding for them to distribute to additional points they deem necessary. It's like legal euphoria!It makes you wonder why Hollywood doesn't give them the Oscar. The acting job being performed so well, by so many, for so long, puts to shame any basic movie that is produced out west. These guys and gals are in a league all their own. The best part of all is its always someone else's fault. We're already 20 trillion in debt and there is no end in sight to that. Even if they had a balanced budget and stopped deficit spending immediately, it will still take them more than a century to pay it off. That's three generations! Doesn't it just make you wonder what other nonsense they will think up next?