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“If currency spent by foreign parties (tourists, businesses) are excluded, then I don't believe that the shutdown hurt the economy because the money that would have been spent on "shutdown-affected" purchases will have been spent on some other purchase. The money was "re-routed" within the economy, rather than "taken permanently" from the economy.”
From a Republican in Oronoco, MN
In reponse to: Did the 2013 federal government shutdown hurt the economy?