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Sadly, that has led to people being angry about government. so i think if you had polled a month ago and asked people, what was their attitude toward government, it would have been more negative than it was before the shutdown in '95. and therefore, it's, to me, frankly a pleasant surprise that people are now even anger at the shutdown. and i would say two things about it. first of all, i have never seen a spectacle of bare-faced hypocrisy, compounded by stupidity, than my former republican colleagues, whose basic position is this. one, we are going to shut down the government. and two, we are...

And therefore, it's, to me, frankly a pleasant surprise that people are now even anger at the shutdown. and i would say two things about it. first of all, i have never seen a spectacle of bare-faced hypocrisy, compounded by stupidity, than my former republican colleagues, whose basic position is this. one, we are going to shut down the government. and two, we are now unpleasantly surprised that this government function isn't happening and that government function isn't happening, and the other government function isn't happening. you have to ask them, what the hell did you think was going to h...

We won't see the sort of meat and potatoes of government function. issuing new loans at fha, small business loans but a lot does go on. 60% of the workers continue to work. social security checks go out. meat still gets inspected. so one would expect this to be a small hiccup for the economy as a whole unless it really drags on for a protracted period. bill: hang on one moment here. the speaker is on the house of the floor now. is he talking about the government shutdown? he is. let's listen. >> sent it to the united states senate that would delay obamacare for one year and would eliminate per...

Young people who didn't want it before to sign up now and what happens if we build it and no one comes? does this thing collapse? >> that's another uncertainty. that's another risk factor. if the young people don't go in, premiums will have to be jacked up for the rest of the people. we're twisting ourselves into pretzels. go to the business people in canada. everybody in, nobody out. they cover everybody. you have free choice of doctor and hospital. because it is government insurance and private delivery. much better outcomes in terms of saving lives and preventing injuries. and it lifts the ...

Comfortable staking themselves on that, particularly if it's framed in the context of obama care, of shutting down the government in order to deny obama care. i think most of the public has moved on from that debate, except for those who are very tightly tied into, you know, the political right and political left and would like to see their government function in one way or another. >> really nice to see you back on the show. it's been too long. i've been hating watching this defund obama care national tour because there's been beauties like this. >> why is it that every reporter in the media,...