I have worked in the government on and off for 40
years. During that
time I became quite familiar with requisitions,
bidding, awarding contracts,
etc. It is a time consuming process with
bean-counters and pencil-necked
bureaucrats every step of the way. The
simplest request takes months -- not
days or hours.
In less than eight hours of the shutdown, professionally
printed 3 X 4 foot signs miraculously appeared all over the
country in the tens of
thousands saying "This [park, facility, etc., with
custom logos] closed due
to government shutdown. There has not been a
government shutdown in 17
years.
These signs were designed, specifications were
determined. Then the signs
were requisitioned. Bids were posted and vetted, and, finally, government contracts
were awarded. Thereafter materials were ordered, the signs were
manufactured, and
then distributed by U.S. mail or freight companies.
This shutdown was orchestrated and planned, and
preparations for it were made well in advance -- at least
6 to 8 month
ahead of time. Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and spent in the
process.
There is a paper trail a mile long leading directly to the White
House.
People
do not realize just what we are dealing with.
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