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What's the impact of the government shutdown? Who cares?

Hello again, I'm Aron Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Polls show Americans are angry, as many as 75 percent want the government

reopened. But where's the grassroots movement to bring that about? In New York City and rural Kentucky,

it's hard to find people directly feeling the loss of government services. Elsewhere, it's a different

story.

Will momentum build as more furloughed federal workers don't have money to spend?

What about the progressives who elected and re-elected Barack Obama? Are they disappointed in his

administration, including Obamacare? Today's talking point, a million dollars for riding a bull? First, here's the news.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Wormin-A-Lay back with To the Point. The government shutdown is perilous in many ways, but the immediate impacts are concentrated on some people in some places rather than others, at least for the moment. Which Americans are really paying attention? Today's talking point, professional bull riders are injured one out of every five times they compete. If they don't compete,

they don't get paid. But top prices can reach $1 million. We'll talk with a veteran of many

broken bones. First, this news update. President Obama has now canceled his upcoming trip to

Asia to deal with the government shutdown, but Republicans continue to attack him for refusing to

negotiate.

House Speaker John Boehner seized on a quote attributed to a senior administration official to say the president's not really serious.

This morning, I get the Wall Street Journal out, and it says, well, we don't care how long this lasts because we're winning.

This isn't some damn game.

The American people don't want their government shut down, and neither do I.

Elsewhere on the Capitol Building, the mics were on when Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was about to be interviewed by a local TV station in Kentucky.

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