In times of budget trouble, Americans resort to comedy, with memes and tweets slamming both political camps and accompanying that with appropriately-themed sexual pickup lines and a musical soundtrack fit for a fiscal crisis.

The #govtshutdown Twitter tag came alive with plenty of opinions on just how little some Americans thought of the benefits of a federal government even before the shutdown. Others spoke out in support and against the current administration.

Whereas #govtshutdownpickuplines displayed Twitter users’ wit in scoring sexual encounters by using budget-crisis lingo.

Particular attention here can be given to the popular quip that shutting down the government means less money spent on NSA spying and less taxpayer money being wasted generally. Not so

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