Don’t buy the spin. Government works. - The Washington Post

Government shutdown follies feed an ideologically loaded narrative that government is hopelessly incompetent and can never be counted on to do much that is useful. President Trump and Republicans should bear the burden for Washington’s disarray because it was Trump’s erratic and uninformed negotiating style (along with his repeated flip-flopping) that made a rational deal impossible....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-buy-the-spin-government-works/2018/01/21/5af06d9e-fd5d-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html