If one good thing comes from the shut down, I would hope that it is the realization of how little we really need the big federal government in our daily lives, obviously the budget could be cut by 20% with no impact at all provided that the President (any President) didn't throw a fit and deliberately cut off services with the intent of punishing people like, oh I don't know, little kids battling Cancer!
If one good thing comes out of the ObamaCare debacle, I hope it's the realization that the best advances in products and services come from the private sector and come best when unencumbered by an incompetent and corrupt bureacracy...
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