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Sen. Mark Warner asks for an economic analysis of the government
shutdown  See also  While House members of the tea partly
implicitly or explicitly argued that their goal during the
government shutdown was to create policies that would somehow
reduce America’s debt and reduce the size of the federal
government, it seems clear that in terms of the former goal,
America has only been plunged deeper into short and long term
debt (not to mention President Obama has overseen record-setting
declines in public employment). For this reason, Sen. Mark
Warner (VA) recently requested the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) conduct a report that analyzes the economic impact
of the 16-day federal government shutdown.  In his request
letter to the GAO, Warner stated, “We just concluded the first
shutdown of the federal government in nearly 20 years. Abruptly
closing and opening the world’s largest enterprise was
completely irresponsible, and there are some in