Thread: Republicans Got less out of the deal than had they agreed to it before the shut down..
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Old 10-17-2013, 08:03 AM  
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Originally Posted by BFT3K View Post
The estimate is that this idiotic shutdown has cost the US $20 Billion... so far.
Well to be fair S&P is saying about $24 billion by their estimate. However that wasn't 24 billion out of the gov't pocket, it was $24 billion out of the US economy. Meaning $24 billion out of the hands of average working Americans, small and big business.
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