My question: Was there a plan or goal with the shutdown? [View all]

Lives were fucked over and disrupted. The stated goal was - something about health care. I don't even recall what the goal of the shutdown was.

So they shut it down. And it dragged on and some people were happy. because the Dems were finally doing something. All this was supposed to improve health care.

Meanwhile, The airports were fucked up. Government workers weren't being paid - probably worrying about how they were going to pay the rent or the mortgage, credit card bills and food on the table.

But don't worry. The Dems got it. The Repubs will fold like a cheap camera (Ya gotta be old to know what that's about). Health care will be saved, SNAP will return, the Republicans will look like fools and assholes and everyone will vote for Democrats in the next 5 or 6 elections.

Instead, we put 10's of thousands of people through hell for a month and what did we get for it?

We got shit. merda, merde, mierda.

If there was a plan, what was it?