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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by noir_lord on Friday January 25, 2019 @12:20PM (#19000075)
Other countries have a "If we have no functioning democratic government the budget is the same as last year" clause as well as a "In the event the government can't do it's job, the civil service (when it's called that) keeps the lights on"

Continuity of government is kinda the #1 priority of government as everything else they do is subordinate to that.

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Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages by ConceptJunkie on Friday January 25, 2019 @06:02PM (#19003461)
> Continuity of government is kinda the #1 priority of government as everything else they do is subordinate to that.

Well, to be fair, anything that is considered "essential" for the government to do is not, by definition, shut down.

Obviously, there will be differing definitions of "essential", but the continuity is there.

That said, amending the appropriate legislation to prevent this nonsense from being necessary when branches of government are at a stand-off should be the desired goal.

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