So, as a Libertarian, there is a lot to like in having the government shut down. First, the guilty pleasure and second, the opportunity to display to the nation we can do without much of the government apparatus we have in place.
But here is a benefit that I would expect the Left to embrace:
Half of the department’s 800,000 civilian workers are slated for furloughs beginning Tuesday.
As far as I’m concerned, the Pentagon is just another government agency, although much more legit than many others, and is subject to bloat in the same way that all agencies are subject to bloat.
Not sure why the Pentagon is more “legit” than others. I mean, from a libertarian perspective you should want massive military spending cuts, since we have far more than is necessary to protect the homeland from invasion, and most of our military activity is kind of imperialistic. The Republican military President Dwight Eisenhower called it right when he warned about the “Military-Industrial-Congressional-Complex” (his speech writers made him take out the Congressional part). If the government shut down shrinks the Pentagon, that is a bright spot!
Not sure why the Pentagon is more “legit” than others.
The defense of the nation is more legit than the Department of Education.
I mean, from a libertarian perspective you should want massive military spending cuts, since we have far more than is necessary to protect the homeland from invasion, and most of our military activity is kind of imperialistic.
I do. See above.
If the government shut down shrinks the Pentagon, that is a bright spot!
Indeed. Silver lining.