Barack Obama

and anyone under the age of about 35 wouldn't really remember it that well, by which I mean it's not very likely that anyone currently under the age of 35 would have been much affected by the shutdown. Heck, even any number of us older folks -- and I'm 64 -- while we can remember it well, were not affected by it.

I thought it was a bad idea then, and I think it's a monumentally stupid idea today, but someone who isn't hit pretty hard by such a shutdown, and who also believes that we have too much government, will be enthusiastic about it, and afterwards, regardless of the outcome (short of total anarchy and overthrow of the government) will point to the shutdown and say "See, that wasn't so bad was it?"

I'm quite aware of the sequestration, but it feels as if it has not had any impact on me at all.