http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/27/us/who-goes-to-work-during-government-shutdown.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/27/us/who-goes-to..

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/27/us/who-goes-to-work-during-government-shutdown.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/27/us/who-goes-to... Broad strokes seems to be that anything a normal citizen would enjoy or a program of social uplift etc gets shut down. National parks, NASA, various food inspectors (how is that not "essential"??) and some sporadic regulators. Meanwhile, the DEA, military recruiters, and yes congress / the president keep getting paid. Is there a single elected official that will be affected by the shutdown? That would seem like mis-aligned incentives. Who else is ready for some debt ceiling!?