A Partial Shutdown can Work and Must Work

   Aye, I beg you to listen up, for this government shutdown issue lies at the heart of a most important issue for our country. We simply cannot forever run up a deficit. We simply should, at some point, start catching up on our bills.
   And, that requires a partial shutdown of our government.
   What I'm saying, is that we simply should shut down a portion of our government. Last time, we shut down 17 percent, I'm told -- just 17 percent.
   And the people were madder than mad.
   If we cannot stomach a 17 percent shutdown for a few weeks, now, however are we going make any kind of headway into an $18 trillion deficit?
   How?
   So, I beg you to listen up. I ask you, what can we shut down? What portions of the government would you like to see us go without? How would you fashion the partial shutdown? And, would the places you would do the trimming bring the ire of those who do not want those things to be cut?
   Of course.
   And, there lies the trouble. Most every dollar benefits someone. How do we tell the government worker that he's out of a job? Is that humane? How do we tell tell someone getting a needed social services payment that they will just have to live without it? Is that moral, to just cut them off?
   The only answer I am seeing at the moment, is that much needs to be transferred to the private sector. When a government worker loses his job, place him in another job. When someone loses a welfare check, don't let it happen without a charity stepping in to fill the service.
   A partial shutdown will work, can work, and must work. But, it will only work if we move what the government is doing to the private sector.
   So, fashion the partial shutdown that way. My wish, is for our leaders to be planning for the next shutdown, to be putting these measures in place, to be crafting a shutdown that will move things the government is doing over to the private sector.