Lost work: 6.6 million days. Back-pay costs: $2 billion. Private-sector jobs lost: 120,000. Those are just some of the costs of the 16-day partial government shutdown that ended last month, the Obama administration said in a detailed report released Thursday. The effects may seem small in the context of the $16 trillion economy, but they can add up to less effective government service, and at a higher cost...
...All in all, the shutdown led to 6.6 million days of lost work, paid for by the taxpayer. Many federal contractors also furloughed employees during the shutdown, and those workers may not receive back pay. ...NYT
And here's the fun part: we get to do it all over again in January.
