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Originally Posted by jds200
Nah, as the OP said, it's a political football. I think that they want to cause the most visible harm to programs that people care about, but aren't "essential", and to make that fact very visible. I think it's more to teach the politicians "hey look, we did what you asked, now the public hates us! See what you did?"
They could cut completely invisible and unnecessary spending, but instead they choose to do things this way.
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Agreed. They are doing this to get a reaction out of the people, so they then pressure their lawmakers to reinstate the funding.