'If that’s the first step to a smaller government, then by all means, shut it down.'<blockquote>'Media companies should see improved profits as paid advertisements replace the endless obligatory coverage of the president and Congress bloviating.
Finally, a shutdown would produce such an outcry and warnings of dire consequences from the media, activists and politicians, it might just get open-minded folks to reflect on how the government got so big and why it’s so intertwined in our lives.
If that’s the first step to a smaller government, then by all means, shut it down.'
- Caroline Baum,
How I Learned to Love a U.S. Government Shutdown, Apr 06, 2011</blockquote>