Not just figures in boarding up the government

Last night I came across this blog post in Federal Times. I read Federal Times as well as other Gannett-owned “Army Times” papers including  Army Times and Navy Times. I posted it for a short while on my Facebook page but later decided it belonged here.

The post describes how GOP members want to force deep cuts in the health reform bill that Congress passed. They are talking of forcing the Democrats’ hands by shutting down the government. I made the snide remark about how mature such a move would be.

A friend responded to the article saying something to the effect of what about the $2 trillion the bill is costing? I then figured this would be the place to link the story. I don’t like arguing with my friends on Facebook. I just think shutting down the government means a lot more than an unimaginable figure like $2 bazilliontrillion. It means hardship on several million people and millions more of their family members.The last one ended up costing close to a billion dollars and that was 15 years ago.

I wish people could somehow divide their vision between “government the entity” and “government the people.” There are a lot of good people who work for the federal government, I know some of them. They don’t deserve to be punished because GOP politicians want to play grab-ass with the well being of our country.