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While the September data comes from fundraising prior to the government shutdown, it was influenced by Washington's fiscal unrest. Two-thirds of the $3 million raised from online contributions came in the six days following Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) 21-hour long anti-Obamacare speech and threats from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of a government shutdown.
Yeah, the Koch money will keep flowing, but the Business Interests understand how a default and shutdown affects the economy and their bottom line. Regardless of your political bent, the American market system is the engine that keeps the economy going. You jeopardize that and you get some negative attention. The government, for better or worse, is a pillar of that market system. I agree our debt is an issue, but you don't crash the plane to fix a mechanical problem.
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