Subj : Re: Out of budget
To   : Joseph Pereira
From : Tobias Ernst
Date : Wed Oct 01 2025 04:29 pm

Hi,

today it occured to me that over here in Germany, a shutdown like the one
you are having not for the first time would probably lead to utter despair
and many collective suicides. Most Germans just cannot live without a
government telling them what to do and what not to do. So even though I
see the danger of Trump's policies (or should I say: of his character), I
also look with admiration at the US for the mere fact that you are able to
live through this :-).

Best regards,
Tobias

JP> In the US, the government has indeed run out of budget. Many civil
JP> servants are at home without pay. Trump has already indicated that he
JP> wants to use this situation to permanently downsize the government. He
JP> hopes that civil servants will resign and find work elsewhere. This way,
JP> he hasn't laid anyone off and still created a smaller government. The work
JP> those civil servants did? Oh well, that's a problem for later.

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