I am almost 80 years old and have lived through my share of “shutdowns.” I have done an unscientific poll of around 30 friends and none of us has experienced anything negative during these “shutdown” periods. Moreover none of us knows anyone who has experienced anything negative.

That leads us to believe that the fearsome declarations about a so-called “shutdown” are nothing more than leftist scare tactics supported by the brainless, lockstep shame stream media to blame on conservatives.

Bill Abraham,

Paden City