President Trump Should Simply Ignore the Shutdown
Derek Hunter
The government is shutdown, which means you can expect a zombie apocalypse at any moment, right? Of course not. The odds of you noticing that some of the government is close is pretty slim, unless you work for the government – then you get a free vacation. So, why would anyone care if the government is closed? More interestingly, what if President Donald Trump simply ignored that it was closed?
When I say “ignored” I don’t mean ordering non-essential workers back to the office, although that could be a part of it, if they really want it to be. No, I mean simply paying the bills and the salaries of the people deemed “essential” and forced to work.
What would Democrats honestly do if the President ordered military salaries to be paid? The money is there – the cash flooding into the IRS doesn’t stop during a shutdown, your taxes in the private sector are still withheld and sent to Uncle Sam. The money is just sitting there in government accounts, unable to be spent to because “authorization” to spend it has expired.
If that sounds stupid, that’s because it is.
But what if the money did go out, what if salaries were paid?
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