By Karen Kataline Most of us who loathe the hubris of ever-growing government breathe a sigh of relief whenever politicians and bureaucrats take a holiday. Yet, they proceed with the narrative that we are more terrified of a shutdown than, say, allowing thousands of unvetted immigrants to storm our borders in violation of our immigration laws. By the way, if we demand that the caravans of illegals go back home, their organizers will be happy to honor our request if we pay them $50K a head. A shutdown shines a brighter light on how full of themselves the Deep State really is. They cry, “You can’t live without us!” Much of what they do is designed to bring about that very outcome. If we dare to think otherwise, they’ll really fix us and “threaten” to shut down the government. [more...]