CNS News
October 11, 2013
In the first nine days of October, while the federal government was in what is commonly being called a shutdown, federal tax collections went up.

Image: Taxes.
During nine days of a shutdown this year, the federal government collected $953 million more in taxes than it did in the same nine calendar days last year–when it was open for business.
Clearly, being shutdown does not mean the government is shut out of the taxpayers’ pocketbook.
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