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>> good morning. >> >> in terms of a short-term shutdown, they can't get to an agreement, shuts down a week or two, how harmful do you think that will be to the economic recovery? >> well, a week or two is actually not a short shut down joun. if this is just a couple days it will be like a snowstorm, that's what i tell people. you know, there will be fewer workers working and less money being spent, but as this lengthens and extends for two, three, four weeks, we haven't had that kind of shutdown before beyond 21 days, i believe. >> 21 days in 1995. if this is a little shorter than that -- >> ...