re: #3 Romantic Heretic

No it wouldn’t.

But everything that the government does to help every day people would be dead in a ditch somewhere.

SNAP? Gone. Medicare? Gone. Social Security? Gone.

So what would be the difference between a shutdown and the U.S. under President Romney?

Baloney. Mitt Romney wouldn’t have done away with those three programs. Cool down a bit, you’re letting your anger talk too much.