What the GOP is really afraid of (re: the shutdowns)

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6. The Republicans have been using the debt

to starve the country for decades. Now with CIVID 19
somehow the government can come up with trillions to bail out business. They have been hammering on SS about it going broke while it has a 1 1/2 trillion dollar trust fund. The PBGC has far more obligations than assets and
people with multi employer pensions are losing their pensions or they are being cut. But the government can't come up with the money they promised
when they created the program. It's the government's fault the PBGC is broke in the first place. They don't force companies to fund their pensions so eventually the PBGC has to take them over.
I have a defined benefit plan myself. The administrator of the plan sends a report every year. I have been retired for ten years and every year the percentage of obligations to assets have dropped. Once the percentage drops so far the PBGC has to take over the plan and the company will walk free and we pay the price.