Cost of the shutdown? $24 billion dollars

The government shutdown cost us about $24 billion dollars and republicans claim that they did this because the health care law was going to be too expensive. There were taxes and such in place to make the cost negligible, yet these idiots went ahead and cost us $24 billion dollars. How could anyone possibly justify these actions? How can these fools expect re-election? What as Americans do we need to do in order to make the point that we all deserve affordable medical care? This is all a huge waste. A crisis of such proportions that was constructed and planned for by republicans is morally repugnant. The whole group acts like children. It seems like it is now time for a third party to enter this two party system. A party that is not corrupt and is looking out for the common man.