Posted on 10/03/2013 3:40:41 PM PDT by Libloather
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.
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Meanwhile the billions are flowing from our pockets, through the treasury, to jihadi headchoppers in the middle east.
So they shut down AFN radio & TV world wide.
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 DoD is postponing the Navy-Air Force football game.
The WWII Memorial was built with private funds and is maintained by private funds.
Say WHAT? How the heck can Hussein surround it with fencing and guards?
The Mall is Federal “Property”... of course to the Kenyan “All your Property are Belong to Us”.
Bloomington IL this afternoon.
At least they spelled gubmint right. (Is this the end times like I’ve been told about?)
You won’t. it’s privately funded.
It just doesn’t matter. If it embarrasses Obamalamadingdong it won’t be reported.
And since they do not own it and have nothing to do with running it they had no right to do what they did in the first place.
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