What is a government shutdown?
It's a lie told to scare people. The government doesn't actually shut down. Some things just don't get funding. So some things don't get paid. That doesn't mean that the government is literally shut down. A true government shut down means that nobody recognizes the authority of the government and/or the government is taken over by enemy forces effectively shutting down the government.
What is the Government Shutdown about and what are the consequences?
About 800,000 people are not going to get their pay check. They are going to be mad as hell as are going to be all the people and businesses that depend on the civil service and military employees to pay their bills. For example landlords who will not be getting their rent, grocery stores who will not be able to sell their groceries movie theaters etc. all service businesses. It is going to hurt a lot more people besides civil service and military.
Why would government shutdown?
*I will answer this question assuming that it refers to U.S. government shut down and not some other country that may have a similar mechanism.A government shutdown occurs when Congress cannot agree on a spending bill (i.e. fails to appropriate funds) by September 30. If Congress does not agree on a continuing funding resolution, the President will be forced to shut the government down, meaning that all non-essential discretionary federal programs will close down. Essential services include defense, national safety, and security, are kept open, yet programs such as the EPA, HUD, FDA, Department of Energy are forced to shut down (note: agencies such as Medicare, Medicaid, TARP, and the ACA will remain open since their funding is automatic). The agencies that close down will result in the federal employees of these agencies being furloughed, thus preventing ordinary Americans from accessing the services provided by these agencies. The longer the shutdown occurs, the more the agencies will burn through saved-up funds, and the more services will close. If the shutdown lasts longer than two weeks, the economy will be negatively affected, since federal spending plays a part in the GDP calculation.
Should trump end his government shutdown?
Yes. He wont because it is not about the wall. Its what Putin wants.Trump is no good and a traitor. Sorry. But it is the truth.
What is a government shutdown and what does it mean for the United States?
What is a shutdown?A government shutdown is when Congress doesn’t approve a federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year and nonessential functions of the U.S. government close until lawmakers can agree on a budget.What does it mean for the United States?When the government shuts down, that doesn’t mean that all federal operations cease — just the ones deemed nonessential. Nonessential federal workers are furloughed, which means they are sent home and docked pay. (They can later be paid retroactively for this time off.) These jobs can include such things as working at national parks or monuments, processing passport and visa applications and maintaining government websites. During the last shutdown, 850,000 executive-branch employees were furloughed.But many of the government’s primary duties will continue to be performed, although the workers may not be paid for it. Trump, for example, tweeted that a shutdown will be “devastating to our military,” but that’s not true. The military is considered essential so it would largely continue to function, though Congress would have to re approve a bill from 2013 to have members of the military continue to receive paychecks during the shutdown.The military will still go to work; they will not get paid, the border will still be patrolled; they will not get paid. Folks will still be fighting the fires out West; they will not get paid.”Government offices related to national security law enforcement, air traffic control, U.S. mail and others all remain open. “All of these people will be working for nothing,” . “Which is simply not fair.”
What happens during a government shutdown?
The last gov't shutdown was in 2013 when I was in 5th grade, the start of middle school. Now, here I am in my first year of high school, 9th grade. What a coincidence! I knew very little back then and I still do. All I knew was that it was a major deal. I'm curious: will crime be legal? Will people still be paid for working? Will the economy still be booming?