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It's ironic the shutdown is because of there being no money to spend and the shutdown is costing money which makes sense. But according to this calculator which
by DigitalSea 13y ago
It's ironic the shutdown is because of there being no money to spend and the shutdown is costing money which makes sense. But according to this calculator which references an NBC Business News link as costing $12.5 million per hour the current cost is approaching 600 million, crazy.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> It's ironic the shutdown is because of there being no money to spend The shutdown is not because there is no money to spend. The shutdown is because there is no authority to continue to spend money. The two are not the same thing.
- pbreit 13y agoCan you explain how they are different as it relates to get OP calling it ironic?
- dragonwriter 13y agoIt might be ironic either way (irony is inherently subjective), but as irony is based on contrast between reality and expectations and expectations of the results of an "action taken because I don't have any money" and those of an "action taken because, independent of how much money I have, I am legally prohibited to spend it except for certain narrowly-prescribed purposes, none of which is 'efficiency'" are different in ways which, at least arguably, are relevant to whether or not "this action results, in net, in greater costs for less benefits" conflicts with them.