It’s theater and will keep you engaged and distracted. It is something to keep in mind that since 1980’s, we have had 15 government shutdowns. They hijack your attention and create an atmosphere that the sky is falling. Sooner or later the two parties compromise and it all comes to an end and we go back to the normal (the new normal). It makes for performance on all sides and the citizens wring their hands and act like this hasn’t happened before. It has and will continue to happen from time to time. The last shutdown was also during the Trump administration about seven years ago. We all survived.

As I have said in prior writings, we have 2025 and 2026 (until about August) where the people go through an extremely rough period and there is much suffering all the way around. We are working our way to a better …