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The GOP Government Shutdown Has Cost The Economy $24 Billion
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/10/16/2794391/shutdown-cost-24-billion/Standard & Poors calculates that the shutdown that has so far lasted just over two weeks has taken $24 billion out of the economy, shaving at least 0.6 percent off of GDP in the fourth quarter.
The agency had originally predicted a 3 percent growth rate in GDP this quarter, noting that we thought politicians would have learned from 2011 and taken steps to avoid things like a government shutdown and the possibility of a sovereign default. But now recognizing that our forecast didnt hold, it has reduced that estimate to 2 percent.
While it notes that it believes the current deal to re-open the government and avoid a default will pass, it also warns that every day that the United States gets closer to defaulting on its debt by not raising the debt ceiling will take a toll on the economy.
When the government first shut down, IHS Inc. predicted that it would cost the economy $300 million a day in lost economic output. These estimates likely dont take all the effects into account, however. Loans havent gone out from the Small Business Administration, permits have been held up, and government contracts have been put on hold. Communities near shuttered National Parks have lost $76 million a day. The government stands to lose out on billions in tax revenues.
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The GOP Government Shutdown Has Cost The Economy $24 Billion (Original Post)
Bill USA
Oct 2013
OP
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)1. send the bill to Freedom Works, Heritage and Koch suckers...
they're loaded
Uben
(7,719 posts)2. We're due $24 billion in tax increases.....
... to pay for this fiasco. Raise taxes on the rich and stop this damned lop-sided money flow to the wealthy.
brer cat
(24,580 posts)3. Thanks for this post, Bill USA.
I have been wondering what that number would turn out to be. I plan to repeat it often when I hear complaints about our wasteful government. That was money just flushed down a toilet by the R's. But hey, we can't afford to feed poor children, etc.