Phew! We just narrowly escaped another "government shutdown"!

The news media hysteria over this near miss was amusing.

What would it have meant if Washington couldn't agree on a way to fund the government? It would have meant that "non-essential" federal employees got furloughed.

Shock the Washington establishment by participating in the "No More Red Ink" campaign and shut down all new plans for bailouts, "stimulus" spending and even the funding for Obamacare.

"Non-essential" employees.

Just think about that term.

First of all, how would you like to be considered a "non-essential" employee?

How would that affect your self-esteem?

Can you think of any non-government employers who even have "non-essential" employees?

In private business, if you have "non-essential" employees, you get rid of them – permanently, not through a temporary furlough when you run out of money. But in government, there are lots of "non-essential" employees because the federal government has a source of unlimited money – you, the taxpayer. And when government runs out of money from taxes, it borrows from another well that seems inexhaustible – currently up to $14.3 trillion. To put that in perspective, 1 trillion dollar bills stacked on top of each other would reach the moon – six times!

But I digress.

Today I wanted to tell you about this controversy in Wisconsin where the new governor is trying to bring some semblance of responsibility to a state government run amok.

You've heard the wailing and gnashing of teeth from public employees there.

Shock the Washington establishment by participating in the "No More Red Ink" campaign and shut down all new plans for bailouts, "stimulus" spending and even the funding for Obamacare.

Let me give you an example of what those public employee unions think are "critical" positions – in this case, at the University of Wisconsin.

I saw this announcement about two "critical" positions at the university. Here are the job descriptions:

Contact: Argyle Wade, (608) 263-5700, awade@studentlife.wisc.edu

MADISON – The Division of Student Life has announced finalists for two positions within the division: the Director of the Multicultural Student Center (MSC) and the Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Campus Center (LGBT CC).

These positions are key leadership roles in student life on campus. The Directors of the MSC and LGBT CC will lead initiatives and efforts in two critical departments in student life.

"The two search and screen committees have been working extremely hard to ensure that we bring the top candidates to campus," says Associate Dean Argyle Wade. "We have had a very competitive pool of applicants and are confidant (sic) that, among our finalists, are two future leaders for the division."

The MSC director finalists are:

• Amer Ahmed, associate director of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs & Trotter Multicultural Center, University of Michigan;
• Carretta Cooke, assistant to the vice president for student affairs, Northwestern University;
• Donte Hilliard, interim director of the Multicultural Student Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
• Frederic MacDonald-Dennis, interim director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Haverford College, and
• Magpie Martinez, director of diversity programs, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The LGBT CC director finalists are:

• Mickey Hart, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center, Ohio University;
• Gabe Javier, interim assistant to the dean of students and senior assistant director of the Spectrum Center, University of Michigan;
• Robin Matthies, interim Director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and Transgender Campus Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and,
• Annie Russell, coordinator for LGBT Programs and Services, Bowling Green State University.

This is one example of millions why I don't believe we can ever legislate our way back to fiscal and moral sanity piecemeal – the way House Speaker John Boehner is trying to do it. We need radical, sweeping action to return us to constitutionally limited government – part of which means getting government out of the education business entirely.

That's why I believe the best way to go is to dry up the unlimited sources of revenue at the federal level by freezing the debt limit.

Government needs to begin operating in a way that is fiscally responsible, but it will never do so until it is forced by the people.

That's what the "No More Red Ink" campaign is all about.

Wisconsin demonstrates clearly that those on the dole will never accept the fact that their salad days are over.

No amount of reasoning and negotiating and bargaining in good faith will change that.

We just have to turn off the source of funds.

When we do that, watch how fast we learn just how many "non-essential" employees there really are in government.

Shock the Washington establishment by participating in the "No More Red Ink" campaign and shut down all new plans for bailouts, "stimulus" spending and even the funding for Obamacare.

Joseph Farah

Editor and Chief Executive Officer

WND.com

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