shutdown day 13, a baker s dozen of your government standstill, while its days add up, so do the costs. a new article provides these numbers. the shutdown has already cost $2 billion in lost economic output. that number grows by about $160 million a day. joining me to talk about where the shutdown hits the hardest, the author of that report. how do you explain this $2 billion loss a day? where s the breakdown? a lot of it is due to lost economic output. we have 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed who aren t getting paychecks, which means they re not spending and putting that money into the economy. we have loans that aren t going out from the small business administration, permits that are being held up. we have a lot of different ways in which economic growth is sort of slowing to a halt as long as this government is shut down. yeah, here s something that s of great concern. you write no money has gone to the assistance for needy