Yet that is exactly what happened when Congress and the administration closed the Government. This is not the way to do things. This is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in wasted productivity. wasted time. Some will go on and say. "Do you miss the Government?" Ask that of somebody trying to get a visa. or ask that of somebody who has a mortgage application before the Veterans Administration. Ask any number of people. and it will go into the millions of people being inconvenienced. Ask the people who are in private business who are being hurt because the Government is closed down.