Trump, Musk Threaten Government Shutdown. Here’s What That Costs

Photo caption: The U.S. Capitol stands past a window of the Russell Senate Office building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. […] Photo credit: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg. Article by Ari Natter. BNN Bloomberg – December 18, 2024.

(Bloomberg) — The costly truth about US government shutdowns: They don’t save taxpayers a dime. Elon Musk, President-elect Donald Trump’s key adviser and architect of the new administration’s cost-cutting crusade, is agitating for a shutdown as he campaigns against a temporary spending bill he deems wasteful. […]

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