US Government shutdown, please insert coin to discontinue

After 2 weeks of shutdown shenanigans the US Government finally agreed to play nice and get everything up and running again, but what was the overall cost of political disobedience?

What do we want? Laws! When do we want them? Later!

It all started with Republicans digging in their heels adding superfluous legislation to the budget to delay Obama care resulting in no deal and a shutdown of all things government.

Debt ceiling has skylight installed

After the initial budget delay those most impacted were furloughed government workers. But it was the approaching debt ceiling that raised eyebrows and finally resulted in an agreement.

Guess who s*** in the woods

National parks and other government services were allowed to open as government employees returned to work.

Patients running the institutions finances

Not only did the shutdown impact current governance of the country it also impacted on the US future global standing. China has called on the Dollar to be replaced as the global reserve currency.