government shutdown

i've been hearing talk about an government shutdown happening in march. what the hell does it mean? what will happen to the people? will they stop getting paid, or what? im confused of what the term means...

Of what site? Here?Never heard a thing about it. A government shutdown is when the government takes down a site.

no a shutdown of the federal government on march 4th. its been talked about on the news...has nothing to do with the site...

they probably go on holiday for 4 months. The british parliament does.

Sounds like a layoff string to me. - http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/19/nation/la-na-government-shutdown-20110220

The 'shutdown' is not exactly a holiday. Nor is it intentional.
Shutdown of a fairly large number of federal services (and yeah, probably layoffs) for an unknown amount of time.
It's happened before, and the effect wasn't really disastrous.

Amazing LL for 4 months the British parliament is in Hawaii while sipping some.While there's a war going on in England.The British parliament should deserve a Nobel piece prize for producing the most peace in England.(sarcasm)

If they are really shutting it down, I can't wait till Area51 becomes a tourist spot (the real one)

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Where all of the advanced technology is.

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lol
two weeks later...
Add on TV
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shipping is 20$ and handling is $10.We are ripping you off yay ;)

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xD

It's probably be more helpful if you mentioned WHAT government was supposedly shutting down. There are many around the world...

shadowhawk95 · #7Amazing LL for 4 months the British parliament is in Hawaii while sipping some.While there's a war going on in England.The British parliament should deserve a Nobel piece prize for producing the most peace in England.(sarcasm)

What? I don't get your point or joke.

Well, I'm assuming these are the Furlough days that many US States have been introducing as a way to keep costs of their government employee wages lower. They are planned, unpaid, vacation days, pretty much. Shutdown for a day every so often, don't pay the public sector employees for those days, and save money.Rather than cut wages directly, they just cut hours. It's easier to sell to the employees when you don't change what they make per hour.

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Good idea in my eyes. Shame the government wants everyone to work for free (volunteer)