things will continue. yes, the department of education will be closed. you might not get to visit yellow stone national park. so you might have to wait a couple of weeks for a visa. those things will slow down. but the last time we had any length closure in the mid 90s, about 21 days, guess what gdp did? it rose. and the stock market flat for those 21 days. and then it went up to 7.2% gdp. bernard, no deal is a big deal? gary is living in a fantasiland. the economy last i checked wasn t what it was in 95. gdp will get cut in half. growth falls to 1.57%. if it s closed for a month, we enter a recession for the quarter. it would be a complete disaster. why? hundreds of thousand sais of employees, no paycheck. active duty military personnel who are fighting and giving