Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110408:18:29:00
Cost. as for the fallout on the rest of the economy and the contractors who work for the government and the merchants who service government employees, no one knows exactly how much that cost, which brings me to how much this shutdown is going to cost. another billion? maybe a few billion? research firm capital economics say it could cost as much as 1% of the country's economic growth if it goes on long enough. 1% of the gdp, but of course, no one knows how long, long enough is. well, here is an example, the national parks take in $32 million a day on the average, and without emmel ploy yees n...