Government Shutdown?

On Monday, September 23, 2013, CNN published an article titled "10 ways a government shutdown would affect your daily life." The article gives a brief description about what might possibly happen, if the U.S. Government, were to shutdown come October 1 due to Congress' inability to come to an agreement of how the U.S. should pay its bills. The article continues in listing the different services that would affect the general public and the cost of previous U.S. Government shutdowns.

I feel this article is worth reading because the issue of the nation's debt problem is quite interesting and the article gives a fun perspective of  how we, the general public, maybe affected by the decisions of our government leaders. CNN's list gives us a forewarning that might be quite helpful to us in making certain decisions. For example, CNN states how if we were to go on vacation, during the government shutdown, you better have had your passport setup because the facilities who process the passport applications, will most likely be closed and further delay the process.

For me personally, if the government would shutdown, I think that it would not affect my personal life all so much, but more my relatives in the military or those needing a passport made. I think that if you plan your life smartly, you will not be affected by a government  shutdown if it arises or at least will not be too affected by it. So the question is...How will a government shutdown affect YOU?