REGARDING THE STAND OFF IN WASHINGTON.  THOMAS JEFFERSON ONCE SAID THESE WORDS:

WE MUST NOT LET OUR RULERS LOAD US WITH PERPETUAL DEBT. WE MUST MAKE OUR SELECTION BETWEEN ECONOMY AND LIBERTY OR PROFUSION AND SERVITUDE.  IF WE RUN INTO SUCH DEBTS AS THAT, WE MUST BE TAXED IN OUR MEAT, IN OUR DRINK, IN OUR NECESSITIES AND COMFORTS, IN OUR LABORS AND IN OUR AMUSEMENTS, FOR OUR CALLINGS AND OUR CREEDS, OUR PEOPLE MUST COME TO LABOR. 16 HOURS IN THE 24 GIVE EARNINGS OF THESE TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR DEBTS AND DAILY EXPENSESz: AND THE SIXTEENTH BEING SSUFFICIENT TO AFFORD US BREAD.  WE MUST LIVE. 

"THIS IS THE TENDENCY OF ALL HUMAN GOVERNMENTS.  A DEPARTURE FROM PRINCIPLE BECOMES A PRECENDENT FOR A SECOND: THAT SECOND FOR A THIRD AND SO ON, TILL THE BULK OF SOCIETY IS REDUCED TO MEERE AUTOMATONS OF MISERY, TO HAVE NO SENSIBILITIES LEFT BUT FOR SINNING AND SUFFERING."

JEFFERSON HAD A WAY WITH WORDS.