Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years

Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by scottjad on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:14AM (#6474223)

So like 1% of the Federal government (by spending, just making this number up) is going to be closed.

National parks, EPA, WIC, and Housing and Urban Dev.

99% of the federal government (by spending) will remain open, including:

US Military, Food stamps, Unemployment benefits, Social Security benefits, TSA, air traffic control, border patrol, Federal Reserve, and the Post Office.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/09/30/227884483...

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Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by Aloisius on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:20AM (#6474251)

800,000 people are getting furloughed and another 1 million are being asked to work without pay. That's pretty significant.

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Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by jonah on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:24AM (#6474274)

Oh, so shutting down the parts which don't support industries with strong lobbying or lots of political contributions. How am I not surprised?

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