On Monday, September 23rd 2013, CNN published an article "10 ways a government shutdown would affect your daily life". According to the article, there were two previous shutdowns -- in late 1995 and early 1996 -- cost the country $1.4 billion. Below are some main ways a government shutdown might affect you.
1. All the national parks will be closed. That's 368 National Park sites closed, millions of visitors turned away.
2. The U.S Postal Service works through shutdowns as well.
3. You have to wait to get loan from the government for your business or you have to wait to get a federal loan to buy a house.
4. No trash collection.
After reading the article, we will know what will happen if the government shutdown. We also know which service will will not be available. From that, we can prepare for the coming up work, and be able to minimize the bad effect on our life, business
