https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 08:55:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1133193 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 08:59:49 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1133193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: this attitude is why I think all federal govt functions should have shut down, including the FAA, etc. Keeping the most critical functions of our country for day to day operations while shutting down the longer term needs makes it harder for people see the effects! Oh, you want to fly home to see your family, congressman? Too bad, the planes in the sky are there safely due to the govt you shut down.</p> <p>@runsyellowlites: @Mrs. Jacks: I think discussing what needs we have as a nation is a worthwhile conversation, and perhaps we don't need all of the functions we are actively using now. But sending people home with no pay, indefinitely, across the board, as projects and deadlines slip by, wastes more money than it saves and is not a reasonable way to decide anything, IMO.</p> <p>However, I am a furloughed govt employee and thus of course biased. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132651 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:45:20 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1132651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: I would disregard your second link. It's an opinion piece. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132650 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:43:38 +0000 runsyellowlites 1132650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Oh yea, neither of those lists are "shut down" lists, they're the lists of government agencies we have, and what makes <i>those</i> up (the second list has alot of specific positions). I'm wondering which of THOSE are shutdown.... and yes that last link is more of what I was looking for! </p> <p>Thanks, everything I was searching just kept bring up the broad lists. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132644 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:36:34 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1132644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: your first link isn't to those who have been shut down... But I think you realize that?</p> <p>The second list is an opinion list, not of the ones that have been shut down... The articles I linked to provide a list of agencies shut down.</p> <p>Here are the numbers you are looking for, I think: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=20424204&#038;ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlist%2Bof%2Bgovernment%2Bagencies%2Bthat%2Bwill%2Bshut%2Bdown%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=20424204&#038;ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dlist%2Bof%2Bgovernment%2Bagencies%2Bthat%2Bwill%2Bshut%2Bdown%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132640 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:33:21 +0000 runsyellowlites 1132640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Yea I already followed the first link to that one. Still not quite what I'm looking for though. :/</p> <p>I did find this parial list of government agencies (<a href="http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml</a>) </p> <p>Then also this other one that seems pretty large.. well really freaking huge (<a href="http://www.akdart.com/gov1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.akdart.com/gov1.html</a>)</p> <p>But I'm wondering what are some of the departs listed here that are closed and how they decided to keep some of them open over things like WIC &amp; other public service programs? Why does is seem most of the services immediately cut are those that *directly* affect the public (those whom the government are supposed to be serving)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132621 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:11:37 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1132621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: it's not trivial stuff: the first guardian article gives some more details:<br /> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/29/us-government-shutdown-services-affected" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/29/us-government-shutdown-services-affected</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132617 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:09:18 +0000 runsyellowlites 1132617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Have you found a list of dept/branches? I'm looking for where these 800k federal employees are from specifically, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132610 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:02:58 +0000 deactivated_account 1132610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Kudos to you for revealing the source of your knowledge. I would have just been like "What up? I'm a postal service expert?" FYI: I LOVE buying stamps. I don't collect them. (Weird.) I just use them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132609 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:02:42 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1132609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: here's an article with a list:<br /> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/federal-shutdown-runs-out-money" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/federal-shutdown-runs-out-money</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132608 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:00:57 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1132608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope people appreciate it more. I think I always did :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132606 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:59:14 +0000 deactivated_account 1132606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132605 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:58:40 +0000 Mae 1132605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. Government services are not a gift, we pay for them. It's like if you had a maid and you keep paying her every week and then for a few weeks she just doesn't show up but you have to keep paying her. I mean, you're glad she came back to clean because it sucked when she wasn't there but you're not overly grateful she's (finally) doing what you've been PAYING her to do all along. </p> <p>I think the only thing this is going to do is make people even saltier at Congress and their ridiculousness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132595 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:50:36 +0000 Dandelion 1132595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: same...on all accounts. Now we can see where the money was going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132587 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:42:10 +0000 runsyellowlites 1132587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I don't think so. It has caused me to really think about what believing in a smaller government means though... can't downsize without someone losing their paycheck and my initial reaction to the shutdown was outraged for people not getting paid (realized I had a conflict of conviction).. and has caused an interest to find out all that is really making it up and where all the funds are going, if those are actually "needed" or not. </p> <p>I would love a list of all the dept/branches that are closed during this partial shutdown.... aside from the few posts I've seen regarding still getting mail, paying taxes, closed monuments, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132278 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:49:49 +0000 MrsH 1132278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think so. I'd wager that most people feel entitled to such services. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132276 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:49:34 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1132276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: It's funded through postage, etc. so they can keep functioning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132269 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:46:16 +0000 JoJoGirl 1132269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No... I heard someone say "this just solidifies my feeling that we need a more efficient government... things are functioning just fine without them". :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132267 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:45:57 +0000 BSB 1132267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Oh, sorry. Yeah, it doesn't sound right now that I read it again. I'll change it. </p> <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Was it always privately funded or this this happen recently?</p> <p>ETA: Ah, I googled it and found the answer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132261 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:43:07 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1132261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: the PO is privately funded!</p> <p>If my uncle didn't work for them l I wouldn't know anything about the post office! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132251 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:39:29 +0000 sunny 1132251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I don't know if "served time" is the right phrase for those who are in the military :-)</p> <p>I think people will forget quickly and then start making demands on funding vs. taxes again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132210 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:27:07 +0000 BSB 1132210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: When I lived on the east coast, I went to local city owned parks but hardly ever national parks. It wasn't until I moved out to the west coast where most of the parks we go to are National parks. </p> <p>I was surprised that the post office is staying opening. When I first heard shutdown, I thought we wouldn't be able to get mail. </p> <p>What I do notice is military friends being affected. I've gotten more and more friends who are in the military so I see how it affects them. 10 years ago, I would probably only say I knew 1-2 people in the military. I did marry into a family where half of them were in the military at one point in time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132194 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:20:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 1132194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i certainly hope so!!</p> <p>i also hope people start to educate themselves on how the government really works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132189 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:19:09 +0000 looch 1132189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but only for a short period of time...our collective memory is short! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-think-people-will-appreciate-the-government-more-after-the-shutdown-is-over#post-1132177 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:16:35 +0000 mrbee 1132177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I knew what the federal government did, but it turns out I didn't realize that they did so much! I didn't know that they paid for so many national parks, for example. I thought that stuff all came out of state budgets... I guess the word "national" should've been a clue ha. I'm a government/history buff, so I'm embarrassed for myself!</p> <p>Same goes for a bunch of other stuff that's been shutting down... overall, it's made me much more appreciative of the federal government! It's like when a friend moves away, and you suddenly get lonely... and then you realize how much you kind of took them for granted but never really realized it. Sorry, federal government!</p> <p>Anyway metaphors aside... do you think people will appreciate the services provided by the federal government more after the shutdown is over? </p>