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Ask HN: Government shutdown - what does it mean?
I am piecing together bits of information from twitter, news sources, and wikipedia, but I'm still not entirely sure what this 'government shutdown' means. How will US citizens be affected, if at all? Is there any reason to be concerned? What are the ramifications?
As always, I appreciate the knowledge, wisdom and experience of the HN community.
- zachlatta 13y agoThe Wikipedia article explains it well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdown http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdown
- nreece 13y agoA summary on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1nhlv9/us_government_has_shut_down/ccinzst http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1nhlv9/us_governm...
- rabidonrails 13y agoREAD THIS FIRST: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-how-the-government-shutdown-will-work/?tid=pm_pop http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/a...
- guynamedloren 13y agoThis is great, thank you.
- thejteam 13y agoThe sun will still shine. The grass will still grow. Eventually squabbles among men will be resolved. Life will move on.