Here's the truth about a government "shutdown." The government doesn't shut down.
So
the world won't end if a dysfunctional Washington can't find a way to
pass a funding bill before the new budget year begins on Oct. 1.
Social
Security checks will still go out. Troops will remain at their posts.
Doctors and hospitals will get their Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursements. In fact, virtually every essential government agency,
like the FBI, the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard, will remain open.
Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, eventually.
Transportation Security Administration officers would continue to man
airport checkpoints.
But lurking around the
corner is far bigger danger: Sometime in late October or early November
the government could run out of cash. The U.S. would be unable to pay
all of its bills in full and on time for the first time in history if it
couldn't borrow more money.
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