Government shutdown anxiety disorder.

The Obama administration is hell bent on forcing a repeat of the 1995 shutdown of the US government. Back then it succeeded mainly due to the skills and spin of Clinton and the incompetence of Newt Gringrich, who managed to make the whole thing appear to be the result of a personal hissy fit.

This time it is different, with a population gravely concerned with unsustainable debt levels, and a Senate and President that refuse to accept any meaningful cuts in spending.

Here is some relief for worried bureaucrats:


It seems to me that in the event of a shutdown, a great opportunity exists to assess which areas cause the least disruption to the public by their absence. These should be abolished immediately.