The government shutdown and threat of U.S. default before the debt ceiling was raised "inflicted completely unnecessary damage (to) our economy," Obama said Thursday morning at the White House. He said it slowed the economy's growth and set back employers' plans to hire. "Just the threat of default ... increased our borrowing costs, which adds to our deficit.," he said.
In response to this, the American people should not have to foot the bill for the unnecessary shutdown of our government. Even simple things like checking flu.gov for the current status of influenza was noted as not up to date because of the shutdown. Come on now.