John Hayward | October 9th, 2013 at 05:42 PM | 3 RESIZE: AAA The shutdown drama has given Americans an eye-opening look at our massive government’s inability to prioritize. If you take the apologists for President Obama and his Shutdown Theater performances at face value, the Administration assigns extra manpower to keep people out of national parks and memorial sites… and also has plenty of warm bodies available to facilitate an immigration rally on the National Mall. Great: the four-trillion-dollar government that can’t handle its duties to the existing populace – can’t even launch a website correctly, despite years of preparation and over a billion dollars spent – wants to invite another thirty, forty, or fifty million people in. Another recurring feature of Shutdown Theater involves closing profitable operations, from military athletic events to restaurants and hotels. In other words, the government responds to a fiscal crisis by destroying revenue. Brilliant! Of course, you shouldn’t take any of these apologists seriously. Shutdown Theater is a pure expression of spite and malice towards the disobedient American people, a calculated effort to make them suffer. One Park Service employee grumbled, “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can.” Well, Big Government excels at that. It’s just about the only thing it consistently does better than the private sector. (Which is not always a bad thing. We are fortunate to have a gallant military that can make life very difficult for America’s enemies.)
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:53:16 +0000
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