What is economic shutdown.

In this case it is not the whole economy but the "public" sector.

Which means either more taxes, more debt or less public sector.

I had a lot to do today so I didn't know about it for quite some time. Here in the sticks it appeared to have zero impact on the people not dependent on siphoning Federal dollars for their livelihood. Most general purpose Federal Office buildings are closed. Big deal, the closest one is what 75 miles away? Yeah some special govt. centers where privileged folks work may be busy as such places are often staffed by exempt 'critical' folk. Many of the folkss working in the special centers are transfers out of DC and the govt. paid a contractor to put up housing developments more or less just for them, as only they earn enough money in this locality to afford the too high for normal folk prices those houses sold for. <At a time when older already built houses were going for 120K, the new ones went for 400K. Mean wage outside the Federal centers is usually less than 60K annual with many earning 20K to 40K in the local economy (and driving 10 - 20 year old cars, but inside the Fed centers 80K with lots earning way, way more is not uncommon. They keep to themselves, don't often join older churches or do much socializing at the places where the 'uncleared' non-govt local folk hang out. Their HOAs discourage older cars and at home engine work, so most of the cars in those instant 'neighborhoods' are less than 3 years old, if not this years. So okay, maybe some of them were told to stay home today. How would those of us outside the HOA areas the Feds live in know that if they don't socialize with the locals or even shop in the same stores? So the clerks in the supermarkets still work. The bank was still open. Bill (a friend) still delivers sodas to the supermarket. The bars and restaurants seem to be open as usual. The local barber shop was open, so was the news stand and the luncheonette in town. Gander Mountain had a fair number of customers (many checking out the deer rifles and the reloading equipment). In spite of the govt. shutdown I had no problem hitting Tractor Supply for some mower parts and browsing fishing rods in the K-mart. Ate lunch at the McDonalds without noticing anything. Stopped to chat with a neighbor feeding his ducks, then split some logs from a dead Cyprus tree I chainsawed last week. Only at around 6 when I turned on the TV did I learn Congress had done as threatened. Talking heads all screaming about how the sky fell and calamity must follow. Really? This may be entertaining. I should watch more TV. Perhaps tomorrow after I replace some parts in the wind generator and work on some overgrown fence line I will turn the TV on again and learn why I should care. Seriously, as long as the food stamps continue to be financed I don't think many in the rural areas will notice for quite some time. Even then, Bambi season approaches and just about everyone has canned lots of home grown veggies already. Dunno, maybe in DC it is a big thing. Let it continue. The older pickup trucks don't really mind a little less road repair. Newer cars may care, but my 26 year old F-250 or the CJ copes just fine with gravel roads.

What about those other times when they closed the usa government sectors. later all these times usa seem to be ok.