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has been dropping ever since, declining by $200 billion last year with another $450 billion drop projected this year. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/09/deficit-falling-falling-falling 8. A long government shutdown is likely to seriously hurt economic growth, with a month-long shutdown projected to slash GDP in the fourth quarter by 1 percentage point and reduce employment by over a million jobs. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/10/long-shutdown-would-seriouslyhurt-economic-growth 9. No, Democrats have not used debt ceiling hostage-taking in the past to force presidents to accept their political agenda. http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/09/30/no_democrats_never_really_held_th e_debt_limit_hostage.html 10. This whole dispute is about the Republican Party fighting to make sure the working poor don't have access to affordable health care.