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Today it's Trump's wall, tomorrow it may be something else. Though anarchists will disagree, regardless of what be the issue, the notion that the Congress or President would, in essence, throw a temper tantrum leaving the federal government unfunded strikes me as a dereliction of duty. There is no reason to not pass two-year-long appropriations bills for the whole of government. It's irresponsible for people whose job it is to pass and sign appropriations to wait until or beyond the time at which gov't runs out of funding authorization.
Think about it. If a major portion of your job (assuming you're a professional) were to do XYZ, and you flat-out failed to complete your deliverables in a timely enough matter such that you don't "jam up" the operations of other workers in your organization, would you face consequences for your below-expectations performance? Odds are you would, and depending on your firm/client, those consequences may well be devastating -- financially, to your reputation, to your career, and more -- in both the near and short term. Yet that's not the case for the folks whom we hire to legislate. To wit, what member of Congress "got fired" for not performing one of his/her Constitutionally required tasks? I suspect none.
Think about it. If a major portion of your job (assuming you're a professional) were to do XYZ, and you flat-out failed to complete your deliverables in a timely enough matter such that you don't "jam up" the operations of other workers in your organization, would you face consequences for your below-expectations performance? Odds are you would, and depending on your firm/client, those consequences may well be devastating -- financially, to your reputation, to your career, and more -- in both the near and short term. Yet that's not the case for the folks whom we hire to legislate. To wit, what member of Congress "got fired" for not performing one of his/her Constitutionally required tasks? I suspect none.