Rep. Bob Good claimed the American people would not be adversely affected by a temporary government shutdown because, "most of what we do up here is bad anyway."
The most fucked part of this is the only spending they consider superfluous is the spending that helps regular people. The republicans want to just funnel money to the rich donor class and fuck everyone else.
So little of what the government does is actually effective in helping common people. The amount that goes to their millionaire/billionaire buddies is absurd. As someone who often works in government contracting, the shit I've seen is ridiculous even when I'm the beneficiary of it.