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I agree! But they've shown repeatedly that they're unwilling to compromise, and the American people have shown that they don't care that much about Republican unwillingness to compromise at least with the Democrats (remains to be seen about the Speaker fiasco). Given that, it's better to keep things running and keep people paid.
I submit to you, that's because Democrats have a habit of bailing them out "for the good of the people." But what if the best thing is to stop bailing them out? Americans have gotten complacent relying on the remaining adults in the room, and too many think the Republicans are still a functional party. Republicans, just as easily as Democrats, can stop this madness by compromising, instead of trying to tie extremist policies to the spending bills.
There's been shutdowns before. It's not really leverage when so much is on the line.
That being said, I don't know, maybe you're right. But I'd rather people not lose their jobs due to political wrangling.
Same. But it's mainly Republicans that are instigating the problem by putting forth these ideologically-tainted budgets and candidates they know have no chance.