You're right. Much better to turn a bunch of kids into scapegoats.
Ends and means, after all.
What IS better scapegoats than 800,000 plus 3-400,000 more going w/o pay and being forced to work for no paycheck in sight. After all, the ends and means thingy.
Kids being yelled at for provoking a Civil War veteran who has a history of theatrics is TOTALLY comparable to the evicted govt workers.