Shutdown - Blog Posts

I just got Twitter only to find out the top things in trending are that it's shutting down and everyone's moving to tumblr 💀

Me: I'm not that obviously disabled by my autism Also me: Has a meltdown shutdown cycle for three weeks and although I've escaped it I'm still spiraling with anger issues out of the stress of a new transition beginning this fall

When my best friend I met out here is leaving, I'm going to leave you aswell folks. Good bye.

Ok, that’s it

I’m deleting my blog in a few hours and testing out this new bdsmlr thing… Same blog name, same content (I hope). I used to love this stupid site and it’s communities but now it has been downgraded to yet another lifeless picture board on the internet.

Bye Tumblr, it’s not me, it’s you.

Blue Sky may be closing but let’s not stoop down to social media levels of demonizing Disney and stuff like that. Best we can de is try to be mature about it and make more content ourselves, you know?

Cause really, I’m more sad than mad cause it’s not like this wasn’t gonna come, what with COVID shaking up their plans and whatnot.

Cost of Shutdown?

Furloughed federal workers protest outside the U.S. Capitol $24 billion dollars is the answer. The 16 day long government shutdown over financing a healthcare reform for America's poorest citizens, that almost crashed the economy, cost the American Taxpayer $24 billion dollars. This was published in an estimate by Standard and Poor's. Another way to look at this is, it cost $1.5 billion dollars a day. The shutdown had a large affect on the economy, and it was estimated that fourth quarter GDP growth  will be reduced from 3% to 2.5%. A breakdown of losses: $3.1 billion was lost to government services according to research firm IHS. $152 million was lost each day to travel spending by the U.S. Travel Association. $76 million per day was lost because the National Parks were closed. $216 million per day was lost in contractor wages in the D.C. area alone. The shutdown affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers. It affected small businesses and stalled many business loans. It put a halt on tourism in many areas and affected military families who rely on child services. Many federal workers will receive furloughed pay, but contractors will not. Financial predictions expect this to affect spending during the holidays. It is still amazing that our politicians would be so irresponsible to let the U.S. government shutdown for over two weeks. The future does not look promising either. The decision made last week to reopen the government is not a solution to the problem but merely a delay until January when the fight over spending and the debt ceiling will come down to another deadline. Hopefully our leaders in Washington can figure this out before then, as usual I am skeptical.

http://aclassasset.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-much-did-that-shutdown-actually-cost.html