let me ask john stossel. john: not all of it, but half of it. i was disappointed they agreed to end this thing. i keep hoping it will be an object lesson for people to say gee, the politicians were so obsessed. but i didn't notice. the "new york times," "shutdown crisis deepens." what crisis? nobody noticed. kennedy: does it ever really shut down? so much keeps functioning during a government shutdown. john: the airports, the military, the republicans say you are hurting the soldiers. they are still getting paid. during one of the longer shutdowns, we don't even remember 16 days under obama, 26 under bill clinton. do you remember? most of people don't. the press, the obama shutdowns were caused by republicans and they were look for people who were killed or hurt by not having government around. in 26 days they couldn't find any. the on thing they could find were people who couldn't get an expedited passport so they could travel quickly. kennedy: that's annoying and inconvenient, but a shutdown costs more than if the government were actually runn

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