Please let them find another word that hostage. Both parties share responsibility for the discourse. We have to get back to greater stability where we can respect each others opinions, still have differences, have lively debate about the future course of our country, but lets make it less personal. I agree with you. We have to learn how we can disagree without being so disagreeable. And it is not just elected representatives. This course that we see is all over the country right now, especially on talk shows, pushing those hot buttons. People get riled up all the time. We have a lot of work to do to reach a level of conversation that is conducive to Good Government again. Is next in iowa. Democratic caller. Caller i have a lot of savings bonds. Down, government shuts will i lose them, will i lose the interest on them . The savings bonds you have should be safe and secure. The real danger is on thursday when we run out of the ability to pay our bills, what the government chooses to defa