Americans are experiencing an unprecedented benefit from the heavy snowstorms that have hit Washington, DC. Federal government offices closed early on Friday, where closed Monday and Tuesday and will continue to be closed on Wednesday.
The federal government closed for more than half a week! If you believe in the role of the federal government advocated by left-wing Democrats and the Obama administration, you would think that Americans all over the country are suffering because Big Brother in Washington is shut down.
Instead the only effect the Washington Post can come up with is that each day the government is shut down costs about $100 million in “lost productivity and opportunity costs.” I guess we pay Washington bureaucrats even when they are not working which seems more like a net benefit than an “opportunity cost.”
On Monday, the Obama administration called for the creation of a new federal office to study and report on global warming. The irony of the timing of the announcement is apparently lost on the Obama administration.
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If it weren’t for how it would affect the people who actually live there year-round, the country would be better off if it could snow like this for the next three years. An act of God? I’ll take it. Anything to stop the hemorrhagic spending.
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