Gutfeld (Briefly) Spot On About Government Shutdown

Yesterday I was channel surfing the coverage of how the D.C police gunned down an unarmed, emotionally disturbed young woman, carrying a young child in her car,who had been driving erratically near the "fixtures" of national government the White House and Capitol.    I briefly touched upon Fox News Channel's show The Five, where there was some reporter stationed in Washington, D.C., stately scenery pictured behind him, discussing the goings-on among Congress and between it and the President regarding the shutdown of the federal government.  The reporter was mentioning that different parties to this dispute were starting to meet behind closed doors to try to find a compromise that would resolve it.  To which panelist Greg Gutfeld, with what appeared to me to be a mischievous gleam in his eyes, posed what he termed a couple of statements disquised as questions: first, about this "behind closed doors" strategy, why weren't they always doing that from the beginning, if they now think that it's useful to reaching a deal?  Second, reports keep coming out that the shutdown is costing the government X amount of dollars...so NOT doing things that would have had to be funded ALSO has to be funded??!!

Oh, to be in the "Beltway"!