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Prevent government shut-downs with one simple law
John Lawrence Hanson
Oct. 5, 2025 6:00 am
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If federal government shut-downs actually burdened the most powerful groups, then there would be no shut-downs. I submit a preventative law: “If the government fails to enact a budget for the new fiscal year, then all private plane and passenger air travel shall be suspended until a budget for the full next year is passed.”
John Lawrence Hanson
Marion
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