Well… The government did avert a shutdown late Friday night… I’m going to tick a few people off with this statement, but oh well… On Friday, the government agencies had to make up lists of “essential workers” and “non-essential workers”… Wanna reduce the government debt? If those people are “non-essential” then… Well, why are taxpayers [...] Government Shutdown Averted originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning . The Daily Reckoning recently featured articles on stagflation , best libertarian books , and QE2 .