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You don't set up an implicit promise from the federal government that everybody is getting bailed out.

I don't want to shut down the government.

If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

I don't want the IRS banging down my door.

Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.

In the case of the environment, there's no one to bail it out.

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.

We must seize the moment and permanently delay the entire law. Congress can do this. We control the purse strings and can protect taxpayers from funding Obamacare.