Government shutdown: What's the cost?-cbsnews.com

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57605387/government-shutdown-whats-the-cost/

This article talks about, "shutting down the government could cost the federal government well over $2 billion dollars if it resembles the last shutdowns in 1995-1996, though the economy would be harmed in additional ways that are nearly impossible to measure." and all the aspects that will be contribute to these costs , but there is one part in particular that I am focusing on for the unemployment side of it. This part;

"Though employees of firms that contract with the federal government won't be furloughed the same way that federal employees are, there will be employees on standby who receive their salaries even as the contracts are temporarily on hold. And those contractors will ultimately get paid or get an equitable adjustment when the shutdown ends, said former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., who is now the Director of Federal Government Affairs for Deloitte. Like federal government managers, contracting officers have already lost work time going through all of their contracts to determine which ones will be affected by a shutdown and how they can keep things running.

"You're paying for stuff that is not getting done," Davis said of a shutdown. On top of that, he added, "the morale costs on this to federal workers and contractors is huge." Federal workers were paid retroactively in past shutdowns, but there's no guarantee that will happen this time around. Those effects will be outsized in Maryland and Virginia where tens of thousands of people work for government contracts. Maryland officials told the Washington Post the state would lose $5 million a day in lost income tax revenue. "

Due to the government shutdown many, majority of people who work for the government are out of work, which yes could be short lived depending how long the shutdown lasts but it is not going to help us at all. It really don't like when people get paid for doing work but I know that there are people who are out of work and it was nothing they did. I wish there was a way to figure out the people that are just lazy and the people that try very hard and just want to find work because I have no problem paying people who are working to find work but the ones that are not and are capable of working and finding work should not be paid. With that being said I still don't like that we are paying Congress and sure you could fight that they are working because they are working to get the government out of the shutdown and they don't car about the money because they are already rich, but I don't see them working I see them fighting and accomplishing nothing so far. If they were really working I think they would be working together and obviously they still care about the money or they wouldn't have worried about passing the law, even though they really don't need to because they are well off. Congress needs to start listening to each other and working together so we can get out of this shutdown, get people back to work, and keep making an effort to fix the economy.