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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (54177)10/3/2013 3:04:31 PM
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Shutdowns cost the government money if (and typically they have, maybe even always so far they have) they pay back pay to people who haven't worked.

But in the short run they save the government money. In most context that wouldn't be a fact that matters much, but in the context of that post it does. The government has to spend a lot less money in the short run. Shutting down parts of government saves money in the short run and is required. Closing down privately run facilities that give money to the treasury isn't required and costs the government money. A shutdown doesn't require the government act this way. In past shutdowns it hasn't. And doing so is against what the government is supposed to be doing in a shutdown. Its all about causing more pain to use for political purposes.
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