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No one else can deliver mail. >> it's not a great monopoly. >> they have to deliver one person in a town of two people, sell them to fed ex and ups and let them operate it. >> until congress unshackles them, it's going to fall on the american taxpayer. >> you just made the case it should. listen, bottom line it's uneconomical to go to the middle of nowhere and guarantee mail delivery. that is just doesn't pay for itself. >> neil: last segment, virtues of unions. they are ingrained in us. in this segment, where are you? >> i'm saying if this is an essential service to the taxpayer we have to su...

Rationing board. how does it work? >> in the way it's a rationing board is this. if you say we are going to keep your benefits and you're a medicare beneficiary you'll get your benefits, but we'll curtail the services you can buy with those services. we're going to say one service is better than another. they even have provisions in the law to study that. we're going to say one service is better than another and we are going to def u.n. d the service that isn't as good, and we are going to pay doctors less for administering what could be an essential service for doctors. and doctors may be afr...

Screenings. this blunt amendment not only would deny women access to contraception, okay, it goes beyond that. and it would say that any essential service, any preventive service could be denied by any employer or insurance company. all they have to say is, i object. >> so if i'm an employer, so people understand this, this is not just about women's health care even though clearly you and i support that vehemently. but if i'm an employer and i say, well, i don't want to deal with this patient, this employer of mine that has diabetes and his coverage or her coverage because they did it to thems...

7:00. the negotiators are going to start again at 3:00 today to see if they can work through the issues. we had a frank discussion. we had the necessary parties there to move toward a finish line. i'm disappointed we haven't been able to get something done to this point, but i am pleased that we're still working on getting there. in a matter of a little more than 24 hours, unless we work something out, the government will shut down. essential service to the government will shut down. security operations of this country and on and on with the things that will really be detrimental. including as...

>> reporter: you know what i found, don there are really two different stories here, one, like the guys you just showed there they are very concerned about it they look at the countdown to shutdown, government shutdown who is affected? an estimated 800,000 federal workers could be furloughed, of course they don't like that u.s. troops won't be paid on time, processing of paper tax returns and reflunsd stop, not the ones you filed electronically, passport applications at slower pace, national parks and museums will close, approval of small business loans will stop at the sba, no new fha loans t...