The Patriot Post® · Ron Paul: Why Are We Afraid of a Government Shut Down?

Former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul said the federal government could stand to lose about 20 pounds percent of the spare tire around its midsection this Christmas season. But instead, Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending package in the eleventh hour before a shutdown. “The political class’ shutdown phobia is particularly puzzling because a shutdown only closes 20% of the federal government,” Paul writes. “As the American people learned during the government shutdown of 2013, the country can survive with 20% less government.” More…