I think you miss my point. If you have a crap job where you treat everyone like crap, why are you surprised that over time it's mostly lazy people who couldn't get a job anywhere else who end up working there? The prescription for that isn't to cut pay, cut the number of employees but not the amount of work, and make the job even crappier. That will just drive you further down the barrel!
This whole "avoiding a government shutdown" has been going on yearly, for like 15 years now. Why is this news now?
Because it's the first time in 15 years one party has the presidency and control of both houses and still has trouble getting a budget through even the majority rules House!