Causes Of Government Shutdown

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass necessary spending legislation for government operations and agencies. A full shutdown ceases certain government programs as determined by The Office of Management and Business. The most recent ones prior to 2013 were those under the Clinton administration in which the issue was the United States deficit budget. Political disagreements within Congress, regarding the funding of different agencies and operations, are the primary cause of a government shutdown. The main cause of the 2013 shutdown was the issue of funding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; otherwise known as Obamacare. The 2013 government shutdown of the Obama administration not only disrupted the services provided …show more content…
National parks all over the United States had to close their doors to the public and lost about $500 million in visitor spending nationwide. The Great Smoky Mountain, on an average from 2010-2012, receives about 1,176,720 visitors in October, equating to around $ 91.4 million, but in October 2013 that dropped to about $65.8 million. This is among one of the numerous parks that experienced a steep decline. Not to mention the 5 states (California, Arizona, North Carolina, Wyoming and Virginia) which lost $20 million in national park service visitor spending (National Park Service report). This loss affected the income of the national park and the local economy of the communities surrounding those areas. Although they were able to resume business afterwards, these losses become permanent. While the venue was unavailable to people, their money was spent …show more content…
It can also be said that there were beneficial attributes of the shutdown for others and not all lives were disturbed by the 2 week federal shutdown of 2013. In addition, when viewed in purely economic terms, it was not did not have a significant impact; however it is not possible to view anything in such a lens when human lives are involved. Federal employees in certain section lost income, while certain programs like the DEA could not complete transactions, and national parks were shutdown which caused a loss of revenue as people found alternative places to spend money. On the other side, certain people in groups were able to profit such as the native americans in the grand canyon, private museums, the visitor center in alexandria virginia, SpaceX a private space firm. However, if we are to be called humanitarians, can we ignore the damage, which may not have been taken into consideration in the view of an economist, but happened