DC Disaster: 2,000,000 Jobs & 1% Off GDP Growth

For the last three years, there has been much speculation over the economic cost of partisan politics. A new study has put a number on it. According to a report prepared by Macroeconomic Advisors for the Peterson Foundation, the fiscal drag and uncertainty that has resulted from a more polarized Washington has shaved a percentage point off GDP growth since 2010 and cost the country 2 million jobs over the last three years.