Most of us know that a government shut down is just a political ploy to blame the "other guy" while setting conditions for the congress critters to reach an agreement where they all come to the trough to pad the funding for their pet projects. Its a racket facilitated by lies that gramps is going to lose social security benefits and the poor will lose welfare. Its all BS.

Truth is, "non-essential" government agencies shut down until a budget is passed and gov't employees are furloughed. They all receive back pay when the new budget is passed (event though they are NOT allowed to work in any capacity during shutdown), and no "essential" gov't entities are shut down at all. No real effects on anything except public opinion.

The link below does a decent job of outlining what really happens during a shutdown. This post is intended only to share information and hopefully educate some of the sheeple out there.

https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/economics/government-shutdown/