To force the country to prioritize its spending and stop creating higher taxes on future generations. Deficit spending is taxation without representation, and should be eliminated.

Both parties are guilty of deficit spending (republicans more so) and new representatives were elected in 2010 to reduce spending.

Why are you asking me? Go ask them.

And whatever answer they give you, if you think that it's not a sane reason then the problem lies with you, not with them.

It's hard, but eventually you will learn to accept that other people have different opinions about things - even things that seem totally obvious to you.

I am asking you because you made the assertion.

Now you're asking me to go prove your assertions for you. I wasn't the one who made the claim.

It's hard, but eventually you will learn to accept that other people have different opinions about things - even things that seem totally obvious to you.

This is unnecessary. I do accept that other people have different opinions. What I don't accept is that they are inherently sane, which is the assertion you made. I simply asked you to support the claim that there are sane reasons with an example of such a reason.

> I do accept that other people have different opinions.

You say that and yet you can't think of even a single sane reason to want to shut down the government?