U.S. Government shuts down.

[kandrathe]

I favor distributed systems. If I want a good or service, and a provider happens to "out of commission" I can go elsewhere to a competitor. It is the State and Federal monopolies which are causing any pain we are experiencing now. I'd say if the Feds feel a service is non-essential enough to take it off line, the it is probably something that should not be done at the Federal level at least, or perhaps by government at all. If the Federal government is so big, that its temporary furlough would affect our economy, then I'd say its "too big to fail" and should be broken up into many smaller governments.


Only, the fat cat in the picture above is government, and their friends at Goldman-Sachs.

For example, we didn't get the Feds inaccurate jobs report on Tuesday. Instead, we looked at ADP payroll, and the better estimates of leading economists.

Another; If national park rangers were contracted, perhaps the contract would not be paid on time, but the parks would be open.

I heard that the Army, Navy, and Air force WILL be able to play their football games this weekend. Crisis averted.