SEE, THIS IS WHY TED BAXTER WOULD NEVER GO ON VACATION: Senior Trump official pens anonymous essay saying ‘wasteful government agencies’ are BETTER OFF without furloughed workers who are lazy and unaccountable – and should never be allowed back. “For government employees seeking to implement the president’s policy priorities, the person claimed their time is often wasted preventing so-called deep state actors from derailing the administration’s political agenda.”

Let a government shutdown produce a net reduction in government employment and we’ll never see one again.