@maxdancona,
maxdancona wrote:
Does anyone else here agree with me that a Presidential veto leading to another shutdown would be pretty awesome!? (in a strictly partisan sense).
The shutdowns are good only in the sense of stimulating supply-side economic flexibility.
Businesses, landlords, etc. are only used to raising prices over time, but they should also be able to go down in price. Deflation is necessary when incomes are decreasing because of things like furloughs, layoffs, downsizing, etc.
Economic growth is supposed to have recession to counterbalance it. It's called business cycles. It is what keeps prices and thus the value of money stable instead of it always inflating.