host: we are still here with jennifer briney with the "congressional dish" podcast.salem, massachusetts on the democratic line. caller: as far as i think, we can shut the government down. because it is so dysfunctional. i have a tax situation which i cannot resolve. the irs send all that money and i cannot get through to them. it is exasperating. i don't think we will continue to exist much longer. host: your response? guest: i can understand being frustrated with certain government services. there are things to complain about for sure but shutting down the government is dangerous and not the answer. there are a lot of things the federal government does that would be life or death consequences if they did not do that. you need air traffic controllers rows planes would crash into each other. we need military bases because we need our country to be protected. at this moment, we have 750 military bases scattered all over the world. those people cannot just not be paid. if you are out on a boat and get in trouble, if there is no government operating, then no coast guard

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