>>>>>>Hey, if you want to control who is in the Cabinet, win an election.
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>>>>Why not just shut down government? Much easier than getting elected.
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>>>They'll have to snap out of this soon, or else rather soon the people may get used to have a government on leave, and get to like it better that way.
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>>>BTW, is IRS essential or not? Do they also refuse to collect any taxes while this lasts?
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>>>n.b. in case of the shutdown being already over, well, just goes somewhere to show how important it is, as I haven't noticed.
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>>Are you back in the U.S.?
>
>No way. Just kind of hearing bits here and there. One daughter is still there (doing Fox!).

I didn't think you were. Not sure why you would notice a change in U.S. government services from the vantage point of Serbia.