I'm wondering how many people do not know there is a partial Gov't shutdown.
I am always amazed that there are so many people who are not aware of what is going on around them.
I think back to the '92 debates. The debates that included Ross Perot. To me, they were must see TV. It seemed like everyone was anticipating these debates. I didn't want to watch alone at home, so I figured I would watch them in a bar.
I went downtown and walked into this unfamiliar bar because I could see through the window that they had their TV on. I sat at the bar and asked the bartender if he would put the debate on. The approximately 10 people at the bar turned to me and in unison said "who's debating"?
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My daughter had a conversation with her Lyft driver a few days ago about the shutdown. The driver brought it up and was ranting about how much she was against the shutdown. It became clear shortly that she had no idea what had happened or why. When my daughter questioned her, she said that a bunch of federal government workers just decided not to go to work, but wanted to get paid anyway, and the shutdown happened because the government refused to pay them unless they came to work! WTF?!? Needless to say, my daughter set her straight, but it just illustrates the ignorance that's out there. And this is in a large city in Northern California in a district represented by Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris. Go figure... 
