News FLASH! The Debt Ceiling Debate COSTS Tax Payers Money... A lot if it!

Harper's Weekly just sent this tweet out a few minutes ago.

Amount the debt-ceiling standoff cost the federal government in 2011: $1,300,000,000 (Oct '12) #HarpersIndex
— Harper's Magazine (@Harpers) September 27, 2013

Got that? The debt ceiling brinkmanship cost the federal government 1.3 billion dollars in 2012. So much for fiscal responsibility.  As a reminder this chart shows us which party was raising the debt ceiling... spoiler alert it's both...