U.S. Government shuts down.

[DeeBye]

Another question for you... Private industry over the past decade or three, through the application of technology and process efficiencies has had record increases in productivity (more work, less workers). Why has government gone the opposite direction?

Because the government is not, nor should it be, run like a private industry. A lot of stuff the government is responsible for will always run at a net loss. Private industry would have cut those money-losing divisions.