as part of how everything works. you want to get elected. you got to do favor, et cetera. the only solution can be if there is a balanced bucket amendment. not only about funding, because this will goive the left the opportunity to raise taxes, but a balanced budget amendment if there that somehow casts the overall taxes on the american public. that s the way to get things done. so instead of catfish red farming or whatever john says it was, we can keep that money, ourselves, and spend it as we wish. well, keep dreaming, gary. part of this, did, however, avert a government shutdown. is there something good to that? absolutely. i m with jonas on as good as it will get. with the government shut down, it s assenine, secondly, it costs billions of dollars. there are ways to matter, there always is. nothing compared to the amount that the government shutdown costs. this is the first time that it actually worked together to pass