This shutdown is precisely the government the corporate sponsers want.
From NSA Spying & VIPR Sweeps to Domestic Drones: A Round-Up of the Police State Programs NOT Affected by Govt Shutdown
By John Whitehead
Like clockwork, we've ticked back to the annual government shutdown scare that invariably dominates news headlines and sends stocks seesawing for a few scant weeks until, at the very last moment, the nation is miraculously pulled from the brink of disaster. It's always an entertaining show, with both Republicans and Democrats doing their best to one-up each other with heartbreaking anecdotes about the millions who will suffer in the event of a government shutdown and showy bravado over the need for greater fiscal stewardship, while conveniently failing to rein in two of the biggest drains on our budget--namely, the military and surveillance industrial complexes.
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Take a look at the programs and policies that will not be affected by a government shutdown, and you'll get a clearer sense of the government's priorities--priorities which, as I point out in my new book, A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, have little to do with serving taxpayers and everything to do with maintaining power and control, while being sold to the public under the guise of national security.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/From-NSA-Spying--VIPR-Swe-by-John-Whitehead-Domestic-Surveillance-Wiretapping_ECHELON_Government-Crime_Government-Incompetance-131002-652.html
I urge you to read the complete article. It makes me think they may not backtrack so easily this time around. We are still living with the sequester. Is this shutdown really a coup attempt?
