We do have that partial government shutdown in effect with no negotiations taking place overnight between Democrats and Republicans.

That shutdown means that many workers could be furloughed or even fired, as President Trump has mentioned.

Today, we're talking about the government shutdown and how it affects regular Americans like you and me.

Fundamentally, no matter where you work, you want to get paid, and the first

thing that happens when the government can't get its act together is that essential workers have to

show up, but they don't get paid. Here's how that breaks down. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces will

have to report to work without pay. Support staff, like clerical workers,

will be furloughed. Air traffic control services will continue, but without pay until the government

is funded again, Social Security benefits, considered mandatory under law, will continue regardless

of a shutdown, so recipients can expect to continue receiving

their payments. However, fewer workers could mean that processing new social security applications

could be delayed. Food stamps and snap benefits will continue during a shutdown, but the number of

people administering them will be cut because most of them will be furloughed and the ones who remain are working without pay.

The Postal Service will experience business as usual because they're an independent entity

that is generally funded through the sale of products and services and not by tax dollars.

It's worth noting that members of Congress will continue to receive paychecks

during a shutdown. Their pay is constitutionally protected. Lucky them. President Donald Trump's

salary is protected too, but he donates his $400,000 in pay every year, because October 1st marks

the beginning of the government's

2006 fiscal year, no funding is currently in place for active duty and reserve military members

and most other workers. Here's Newell Norman from WWL Radio in New Orleans, pulling no punches

on where we are as a country and what another shutdown

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