{"id":15323,"date":"2013-10-01T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T05:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/how-much-might-a-government-shutdown-cost-plenty-history-says\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:29:17","slug":"how-much-might-a-government-shutdown-cost-plenty-history-says","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/10\/01\/how-much-might-a-government-shutdown-cost-plenty-history-says\/","title":{"rendered":"How much might a government shutdown cost? Plenty, history says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might assume that a shutdown of the federal government, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/washington-braces-for-the-first-shutdown-of-the-national-government-in-17-years\/2013\/09\/30\/977ebca2-29bd-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html?hpid=z1\">started to take effect Tuesday<\/a>, would at least save taxpayers some money, even if it meant they couldn&#8217;t visit the National Zoo or get someone from the Small Business Administration on the phone. 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