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@dtm I agree completely with your sentiment. However, I am one who actually depends on government agencies to do my job. I am an historian who does historical research professionally. When the government shuts down, that means the National Archives closes. I can’t do my job, but more importantly, all those people who are National Archives employees can’t do their jobs and don’t get their paychecks. I’ve worked with and known some of those people for decades. I can’t tell you how much pain they go through when these politically motivated shutdowns occur. They are not just mindless bureaucrats. They are people with families, who live by the whims of idiots like Mike Johnson.