# Yahoo News: What America learned from the government shutdown

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569 "2013-10-18T13:02:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/1 "2013-10-18T13:02:53Z")

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Just noticed [this informative (!) article on Yahoo News](http://news.yahoo.com/what-america-learned-from-the-shutdown-024030995.html), apparently published a few days ago:

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> **What America learned from the government shutdown**
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> By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News | Yahoo News – Wed, Oct 16, 2013
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> WASHINGTON —

Yep – That’s the whole article!

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**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/2 "2013-10-18T13:19:06Z")

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Hah! I love it.

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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/3 "2013-10-18T13:25:06Z")

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Clever!

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/4 "2013-10-18T13:29:56Z")

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You’re not allowed to repost entire articles. Maybe you could get a mod to excerpt it for you.

😃

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/5 "2013-10-18T13:30:15Z")

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tl; dr

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/6 "2013-10-18T13:41:29Z")

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Nevermind.

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**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/7 "2013-10-18T13:42:33Z")

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> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#):
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> Clever!

Perfect username/subject combination.

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/8 "2013-10-18T15:15:27Z")

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I wonder if they got paid by the word.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-news-what-america-learned-from-the-government-shutdown/671569/9 "2013-10-19T05:55:07Z")

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It gives the tea party too much credit.