Remember when President Obama ordered his Cabinet to come up with $100 million in spending cuts last year?

Sadly, the snowstorm blasting the nation's capital wiped out those savings in a day.

While D.C. residents take out their snow shovels for untold hours of back-breaking labor, the Office of Personnel Management estimates that the shuttering of the federal government is breaking the bank as well -- costing taxpayers about $100 million every day in lost productivity.

With Friday's half day, and three full days of government shut-down this week, that adds up to $350 million -- and it could top $500 million if the government, with its 230,000 D.C.-area employees, remains closed through the end of the week...