Would it be a good idea to shut down certain political-Washington offices periodically ?

When Clinton was in office he shut down Washington for a number of days and the country did quite well w/o Washingtons help.
It's obvious that certain services would have to keep running ,
But wouldn't it be nice on a regular basis to check to see if certain useless political groups should be kicked out in order to help save "We the People" MILLIONS of dollars ??

Well, the reality is that those departments or agencies that would be shut down have real people working in them that get salaries. Shutting down those places for even a short time would mean no income for a ton of middle-income earners that do stuff like sort mail, make copies and vacuum floors.

Besides, a majority of the money spent by the government isn't spent on government departments and agencies, its spent on the programs that they operate. For example, the department of agriculture uses very little of the money they get to keep the lights turned on, but use a ton of money for subsidizing farmers.

Want to save money. Put together a letter writing campaign to your congressman. They're the ones that authorize the money in the first place.

that just proves that republicans are right to want a smaller government.