(09-29-2023 10:31 PM)bobdizole Wrote:  The f*cking US government. Wife and I try to take one trip a year for backpacking at a new national park and of course these c*ck suckers are going to shut down 2 of the ones we were planning on visting this coming week.
Edit to say I apologize if my swear words offend the poster above me

Here's the problem. The people that are truly non-essential are the fat cat bureaucrats in DC. But when there is a shutdown, they are the people who get to decide what gets closed and what stays open.

Here's what I'd do. If there is a shutdown, everybody making over $100K/year stays home. Adjust dollar amount up or down to make the numbers work. All of the people who actually do things come to work and keep services going. Any decisionmaking could be passed down to the top person working, or the bosses could come in for free. Most of the bosses are so power-mad that they would probably come in for free rather than give away any power.