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Update Another Shutdown LOL November 2 2025
Another Shutdown: Circus of the Absurd
I have written so many articles on government shutdowns, I could (but wouldn’t) just copy the last one, spice it up a bit, and publish, saving me a few hours’ work.
Nah.
Sometimes work is just plain fun, and writing repeating articles about the lunacy of U.S. government shutdowns is just that.
Fun.
Lunatic fun to be sure, but you have to admit, we go through this exercise every few years, with each party blaming the other that it’s the others fault.
It would actually be comedic if it wasn’t such an ugly display of opposition.
I asked ChatGPT for a word for the opposite of cooperation and it came up with opposition. It also barfed up the word “competition”. Neither seems to fit what we have here when it comes to the government shutdown.
Truth be told, I guess it is somewhat like competition. Each political party vying to score points, or should I say, trying to avoid black marks, for being to blame for the stoppage of everything government.
Being an economic based guy, and a rather Austrian based economist to boot, I lean into U.S. government shutdowns in a certain sense of the word. Austrian economics is sort of an anti-government, reduced spending type of view, that less government is better than more government.
When governments shut down, they do less of what they do, and I am all for that.
Ronald Reagan once said the nine most terrifying words in the English Language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.
Don’t get me wrong.
Every civilized group of humans needs some sort of governing body or else anarchy would reign supreme. The strong would take from the weak and probably kill off a few of them to boot. Lord knows we have seen enough of that type of behavior throughout mankind’s history.
But these repeated circuses of one party fighting against the other for weeks on end while the government paycheck-dependent folks go without is a sad and unnecessary example of how civilized people can act anything but civilized.
It is an interesting note is that when the governing bodies of the U.S. government is split between both parties, stock markets actually like it. The thinking is that little to nothing will get passed when both houses of government are being controlled by a different party. If you don’t know, both houses, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, make up the U.S. Congress, and are the two legislative chambers that handle making our laws.
The markets do indeed lean into less regulation rather than more. Some argue that opens the door for more bad behavior from the greedy capitalists while others believe it makes for more progress in a society that may have too many regulations already
No matter what side of the aisle you stand, one would think two groups of people could reach some sort of agreement, known as a compromise, that would start the money flowing again.
And don’t think this is not about money.
It is.
It is said money is the root of all evil.
It may not be the root, or maybe it is.
One thing is for sure however.
Money has always been, and will always probably be, the root of a government shutdown.
That is until we all get a little more civilized.
“Watching the markets so you don’t have to”
This article expresses the opinion of Marc Cuniberti and is not meant as investment advice, or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities, nor represents the opinion of any bank, investment firm or RIA, nor this media outlet, its staff, members or underwriters. Mr. Cuniberti holds a B.A. in Economics with honors, 1979, and California Insurance License #0L34249 His insurance agency is BAP INC. insurance services. Email: news@moneymanagementradio.com
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