Shut It Down

Congress keeps passing continuing resolutions for short-term budgets to keep the government running while they debate whether or not to shave 1% or 2% off our current spending levels.  Shut it down, I say.  Let's just decide that for, say 1 month, we shut down the government and see if anyone is negatively affected.  Come on, let's do it.  Even in a government shutdown, they still maintain essential services -- I know because I saw it on that episode of The West Wing where Donna saved Social Security.  So don't fret -- our borders will still be unsecured, we'll still deny justice to the victims of terrorist masterminds, we'll still abdicate our leadership abroad, and government employees will be free to surf the internet for porn on their own time and their own dime.  No worries.