I am pleading to every one of the approximately 800,000 U.S. government workers who are either furloughed or working for nothing.
Unite and make the legislative and executive branches of the United States of America wake up, get off their hind-ends and do their jobs. They can (at least) perform their essential tasks. Pass a spending bill that will end this national debacle and relieve the collective global embarrassment of "we the people."
Do yourself and your country a favor and stay home Wednesday, Jan. 23. I guarantee that if all 800,000 of you (including essential government workers) say home that day, the problem will resolve itself in a Washington heartbeat.