Naturally, any big government tax and spend governor will close the most visible, popular, and then necessary services first to force a tax increase as a punitive whip. We can roll with it and instead enjoy the time as a tax savings from a government that can do us no harm because it is closed! C'mon, lets be POSITIVE about this and have a "Government is closed celebration"! Maybe people will realize how little the Granholm is really doing for us. We might save a bundle from not having to pay for her overseas junkets.