The state funeral for former United States president Ronald Reagan is likely to prove expensive for the country.
While the cost of the entire security framework for the former president's funeral is several million dollars, the Friday holiday for government departments will result in a loss of at least $423 million, reports the Los Angeles Times.
A day's salary for the entire federal work force is $423 million, according to the office of Personal Management. But officials did not have the exact number of workers required to work on Friday.
The deaths of four other former presidents -- Dwight D Eisenhower in 1969, Harry S Truman in 1972, Lyndon B Johnson in 1973 and Richard Nixon in 1994 -- have seen days of mourning.
Some states are also giving workers an off on Friday. According to a news agency California government's salary cost for a day is $59 million. New York state has a daily payroll of $44 million.
The National Conference of State Legislatures said state offices also would be closed in Kansas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Texas, Connecticut, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Delaware, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Agencies
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