Essential?

[dan_bgblue]

Well the slowdown did give an indication of how bloated the departments in DC appear to be. I do understand that if thi were April 15th instead of the first week of October the IRS number would likely be a lot different.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/03/budget-stalemate-reveals-which-federal-agencies-are-essential-and-not/

[KeithKSR]

Actually business tax payments due at the end of the third quarter should have required more IRS employees. They must have cut the legions of IRS workers employed to prevent anti-Obama fundraising groups from gaining tax exempt status. They still found the staff needed to audit Dr. Ben Carson, who spoke out publicly against Obamacare.