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“People don’t get their Social Security checks. They don’t get their veterans payments. Basic functions shut down. And it... would have an adverse effect on our economic recovery.”

The above statement, made by President Barack Obama during the first near-shutdown, has become the refrain of the Democrat chorus over the last several days. One thing they didn’t tell you about their song, however, is that Obama holds the conductor’s baton.

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