Thursday, October 3, 2013

10 BILLION PER WEEK COST!! IT IS TIME FOR A CLEAN BILL VOTE!! YES, OR NO!!


$10 billion in costs to the economy per week and this is what the R's had to say?" tweeted Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, who also serves as the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
We wanted to check her number: How much will the shutdown cost the economy?
Predictions about economic shutdown
Wasserman Schultz’s numbers are the same as those from the White House. A White House spokesman said the $10 billion figure came from an August report from the investment group Goldman Sachs. We also found similar estimates from Moody’s and IHS.
These financial firms agree that the impact depends on how long the shutdown goes on. The impact gets worse the longer a closure lasts.


http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/oct/03/debbie-wasserman-schultz/debbie-wasserman-schultz-says-federal-shutdown-10-/

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