The government is shut down and thousands of government workers have been sent home. But will it save any money?
The shutdown in during the Clinton Presidency cost taxpayers about $1.5 billion in 22 days. According to IHS Global Insight, the shutdown could cost the U.S. economy $1.6 billion per week — and NBC News reported that the shutdown would cost $12.5 million per hour.
Here are seven things that the government, in all its wisdom, has opted to do during the current shutdown.
1. Federal agencies created new websites to tell visitors that they don’t have enough funding to run their old websites.
Here are seven things that the government, in all its wisdom, has opted to do during the current shutdown.
1. Federal agencies created new websites to tell visitors that they don’t have enough funding to run their old websites.
2. The feds shut down the parking lot of Mt. Vernon, but not the park itself.
3. A D.C-area canal is closed and had all the pumps taken off of it.
4. Angry moms launch full-scale assault to reopen D.C. turtle park.
5. Not closing parks near Democratic senators’ houses.
6. Posting park rangers at the WWII memorial to prevent rogue veterans from getting in.
7. The Department of Defense is postponing the Navy-Air Force football game.
3. A D.C-area canal is closed and had all the pumps taken off of it.
4. Angry moms launch full-scale assault to reopen D.C. turtle park.
5. Not closing parks near Democratic senators’ houses.
6. Posting park rangers at the WWII memorial to prevent rogue veterans from getting in.
7. The Department of Defense is postponing the Navy-Air Force football game.
