Originally published at: Trump Lays Siege to the Federal Government From Inside Its Walls - talkingpointsmemo-com-develop.go-vip.net
‘Maximize the Pain’ The government shutdown has again laid bare how Republicans, especially but not exclusively in the Trump era, see government as a little more than a social service agency for poor people. In this distorted view of politics, shutting down and dismantling government equates to punishing Democrats since Democrats support and are supported…