Are Government Shutdowns Good for Limited Government?


On this week’s The Purpose Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman break down the politics of a possible authorities shutdown on the horizon and assess the United Auto Staff strike forward of the subsequent Republican presidential major debate.

0:29: One other looming authorities shutdown

20:02: United Auto Staff strike

27:46: Weekly Listener Query

34:24: The subsequent GOP debate is that this week.

42:05: Bob Menendez, senator of sleaze

Talked about on this podcast:

“It is Authorities Shutdown Theater, Once more,” by J.D. Tuccille

“5 Dissenters within the Home,” by Liz Wolfe

“Congress Is Nonetheless Utilizing ‘Emergency Spending’ on Non-Emergencies,” by John Stossel

“Do not Let the Authorities-Shutdown Charade Distract You From the Debt Disaster,” by Romina Boccia

“Shutdown Highlights Primary Truth: Most of Authorities is ‘Non-Important,'” by Nick Gillespie

“Closing Countdown to Authorities Shutdown,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

“Authorities Shutdown: Planet of the Apes Remix,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

“The Authorities Is Going to Shut Down Once more (and That is Dangerous),” by Andrew Heaton and Sarah Rose Siskind

“5 Sequester Info To Know Earlier than Committing Suicide,” by Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie

“Tim Scott Invokes Ronald Reagan and Says UAW Strikers Ought to Be Fired,” by C.J. Ciaramella

“Biden, the ‘Most Professional-Union President,’ Reaps What He Sows,” by J.D. Tuccille

“Strikers Demand 4-Day Workweek,” by Liz Wolfe

“Child Boomers Screwing Youthful Staff, Non-public Sector Version,” by Nick Gillespie

“Learn how to Make Unions Extra Highly effective, the Libertarian Approach,” by Brian Doherty

“Are We Actually Doing a Trump vs. Biden Rematch?” by Steven Greenhut

“Zelenskyy Goes To Washington,” by Liz Wolfe

“Gen Xers are most anxious with 86% saying they’re anxious about the way forward for Medicare and Social Safety,” in keeping with Allianz Life insurance coverage.

“The Actual Class Warfare Is Child Boomers vs. Youthful Individuals,” by Nick Gillespie

“Generational Swindle: How D.C. Is Screwing Over Millennials,” by Nick Gillespie

The Trump marketing campaign’s “Whoop a person’s ass” industrial

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Audio manufacturing by Ian Keyser; assistant manufacturing by Hunt Beaty.

Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve