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Essay On The Alaska Government Shutdown

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The 2013 government shutdown has affected many different countries and corporations. The shutdown lasted for sixteen days, and it had a drastic effect it had on people all around the country. Sylvia Burwell, from the United States government, says the cost of the shutdown or "the lost productivity of furloughed workers – was $2.0 billion". The United States shutdown to keep themselves from going over budget, which eventually backfired. Shutting down that affected people who do not work for the United States (US) government, but also people who work in restaurants or in tourist locations because their attractions have been temporarily shut down.
Alaskan fishers had "delays [that] cost fishermen thousands of dollars of lost revenue per day" which had a major effect of the economy in Alaska. The Alaskan king crab is what Alaska is known for selling and distributing around the world. The fishermen were calm in the beginning of the shutdown because they had a few weeks until their fish were in season; however when Alaskan king crab season began they "risk[ed] missing a lucrative holiday market in that country" this is when the …show more content…

Craig Medrid from the Alaskan Dispatch News discusses the fishermen at the beginning of his article, states that “[f]ishermen don't seem to be getting too antsy just yet” but as the article progresses they discuss the panic the fishermen and distributors started to feel. The distributors and the fishermen are at risk of losing, "[t]ens of millions of dollars are potentially at risk if we can't get the product to market in time for the holiday season in Japan," not only the companies are losing money but it is affecting the world who imports the king crab. The king crab industry had a rough start to their season, but it was also a costly

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