NPR Found A Suffering Shutdown Victim!

Yes, today marks my weekly excursion into the Alternative Universe that is NPR.

They sent out a reporter-ette to find someone who was suffering from the Evil Donald's shutdown, and found a woman who works for IRS as a tax examiner.

Since I was driving, I didn't pay rapt attention to the story, but it seems that the woman has 'mental conditions,' like depression which were in place long before the shutdown.  Those conditions gave her lots of opportunity to sing her Sad Song About the Awfulness.\

Gee!  Sleepless nights, hitting the local Catholic food-pantry, skipping insurance and car payments....just like LOTS of people did during the Great Recession of '08-'14.....yes, I can sympathize.  Of course, LOTS of the Great Recession victims went out and found jobs--maybe part-time, lower-paying, odd-hours stuff, but it was cashflow........

Not this woman.  So she was perfect for NPR and the continuing saga of Orange Man Bad.