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As someone who lives in the U.S., is this really how you guys saw the shutdown? It really was not that big of a deal. All government workers wound up getting a paid stay at home vacation.
The lovely thing with that story was following it on the several USA forums i visit & the TV news (ABC & SBS here) plus of course BBC & The Guardian online. While most in the US joked about it or were outraged about Obama causing greenhouse poverty for corporations, the US stockmarket was stable ( teaparty & top end republicans keeping it so) meanwhile the world markets were rather skittish. Like here if your view of everything is via Kyle Sandilands & Alan Jones then ones life will be virtual rather than factual.