Tuesday 1 October 2013

How a partial government shutdown will affect food in America

foxnews.com - No doubt you’re well aware that a shutdown doesn’t actually mean the government pulls the shades, locks the door, and puts the key under the mat. Essential services—anything involved in protecting life or property—remain operational. We’ll still have an army, although no one gets a paycheck until this all gets sorted out. And even the “nonessential” services don’t disappear: mountains of paperwork just get put on hold as several hundred thousand people twiddle their thumbs, hoping Congress will amicably resolve its differences in time for everyone to pay the rent.

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