Government Shutdown

Open Email to House Speaker Boehner:

Dear Speaker Boehner,
    There been three developments since yesterday. A woman on Fox News said the public wants a termination of the government shutdown. Fox News also said some Republicans are ready to support a Continuing Resolution. Chuck Hagel called back to work 400,000 civilian employees, presumably with pay.
    Let's take them one at a time.    It is not surprising that the public would generally like to have some form of government operating. The general public is probably not conversant enough with the details to know that the present shutdown is relatively minor, which I will demonstrate later. In addition, there are likely many persons who feel that their entitlements are jeopardized, and they don't want that, even if they were to recognize that entitlements are driving the government to a Communist/Socialist form with Dictator Obama eventually reducing civilian benefits in an attempt to maintain as long as possible an operating government destined to fail. Examples are East Germany, the Soviet Union, Cuba, and North Korea.
    It is highly likely that any Republicans who would support a Continuing Resolution are likely not really Republicans interested in the continuity of the United States, but may be Democrats in disguise. Another possibility is that they have believed much of the information in the normal press and may be convinced that their jobs, through reelection by the public,.are in jeopardy. It is doubtful that they could be as generally ignorant of details and the overall objectives of what government should be as apparently is most of the public. I think the numbers are small, and we have no choice other than to overlook these lost souls.
    The return of 400,000 civilian employees to work, apparently with pay, is said to be a legal decision. No details are given on specific law, and it is likely that is really an arbitrary decision based upon an Obama directive to Nagel, his Secretary of Defense. Although Pres. Obama is withholding himself from the frontline position, his attitude has probably been to give this order to Nagel with the reasoning that, "let's just do it, because I don't think Congress can or will do anything about it". He is probably correct on this, because I believe all of us do not want to see the military even partially impaired, which would give encouragement and opportunity to foreign aggressive powers.
    Getting on to the facts of government shutdown, the Washington Examiner has this to say:
"Everyone knows the phrase "government shutdown" doesn't mean the entire U.S. government is shut down. So in a partial government shutdown, like the one underway at the moment, how much of the government is actually shut down, and how much is not"? Estimates drawn from the Congressional Budget Office and and the White House Office of Management and Budget show that 83 percent of government operations continue. This figure was also obtained before the Nagel order to put 400,000 civilian employees back to work.
    Even taking the old figure, a 17% shutdown is pretty darn small compared to the major issue involved, which is an attempt to reduce the size of government. However, as we have said previously, even that low-level has attracted much animosity from the President and the Democrats. Apparently the President feels that any attempt at imposition to develop a continuous conversion to a Communist/Socialist government is a personal insult.
    Speaker Boehner, I have recommended to you previously and continue to recommend your continued attempts to use piecemeal funding of government as a technique to reduce government size. The facts are much against you, but you have made progress. Even if there is ultimate failure, the likelihood is that you will go down in history with other patriots, such as Patrick Henry with his "Give me liberty or give me death".