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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
How about this:
I have a US National Parks vacation planned, and if the shutdown continues beyond Friday, I'll have to cancel the vacation, which means that the money that I would have spent in certain places won't be spent there (or perhaps anywhere in the US, depending on what I end up doing during my vacation).
I presume that other travelers would take similar action, particularly as they consider whether they should book another vacation (that would be unaffected by Congress buffoonery) or gamble that their limited vacation time won't be affected by a park closure.
So in the span of just a few days, places that are dependent upon tourist dollars are going to see (if they haven't already) a significant decline in tourists and dollars.
I'm sure the tea-party Republicans that live in such places don't care, but as for the rest of the population, they would probably like to have steady employment and income.
ETA: You want some other measurable effects? How about no oil and gas permitting is currently taking place on Federal lands--that is probably hurting a few Calgary companies at the moment.
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The biggest impact is no gun permits. That will hurt the republican base more than anything else