An unstaffed air control tower and 42 million hungry Americans
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The ongoing US government shutdown is the longest full shutdown in US history and the second-longest of any kind. Among its consequences, the air traffic control tower in Hollywood Burbank Airport in California was recently left unstaffed for six hours, forcing pilots to communicate among themselves to avoid incidents when taxiing to and from the runway. And forty-two million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) will go without their SNAP benefits beginning this Saturday. In response to financial need, the devil wants us to…
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