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by askvictor 3069 days ago
I'm curious: who actually checked on whether they were closed?
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"I said powerless to help you, not punish you." --Chief Wiggum

Maybe ensuring that the economic hostages of a shutdown will actually suffer is an essential government function?

It wouldn't surprise me if there were a few people trespassing on closed national parklands right now, without incidents. And a few of them might even be furloughed employees.