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They will claim they have no money for cops, post offices, libraries, kittens and apple pie, while they continue to spend billions waging endless war on anyone, foreign or domestic, who does not kowtow.

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It's an old trick, like a smaller city will shut down bike paths and school bus service to inconvenience voters into coughing up the dough.

I wish there was a way to call their bluff though, and separate the finances of these services from the rest of the government. I'd gladly stick an extra $100 on my 1040 if I knew it'd go to the Library of Congress. Let the fucking department of defense make the cuts.

It's not a trick and it has nothing to do with tax raises or asking voters for money. The LoC cannot continue most of its services if Congress does not appropriate funds to it. It's the law.

So why shut down the website? Why not just leave it there?

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