Breitbart Business Digest: Why Wall Street and the Real Economy Yawn at Shutdowns

Washington Panics, Markets Shrug: The Shutdown Reality Check

The government closed its doors this week after the Senate Democrats blocked Republican attempts to pass appropriations bills or a stopgap resolution. While this has captured the attention of the denizens of the nation’s capital, the actual financial capital and labor of the U.S. is likely to proceed as if nothing much has changed.

Shutdowns are not cataclysmic events but accounting quirks with political theater layered on top. The real questions are how long this shutdown lasts and whether President Trump uses the lapse to shrink the federal workforce in ways that allow for a serious move toward reprivatizing the U.S economy and defunding the parts of the government that serve far left interests out of sync with the Trump