claim: "the economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
author: doonesbury
evidence_1: oct 17, 2013 ... the 16-day government shutdown took a $24 billion chunk out of the u.s. ...  related: congress votes to do its job, but the fights aren't over.
evidence_2: the cia paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture  program." ... "the economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
evidence_3: oct 17, 2013 ... here's how much the government shutdown cost the economy ... $76 million  per day lost because of national parks being shut down, ...
evidence_4: the cia paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture  program." ... "the economy bled $24 billion" due to the government shutdown.
evidence_5: oct 20, 2013 ... a federal budget to prevent another government shutdown ... furloughed, the  waste of $24 billion in output, the threat of default, the shutting down ... that's a  good idea as the cuts create a fiscal drag on the economy that's hurting ... i'm  sorry to set sights so low, but the answer to “how do we avoid another ...