This is the first US government shutdown in 17 years.  Among all the politics, hundreds of thousands of people are affected enormously.  At first, reading the title of this article gave me the impression that the government was shutting down forever.  Since being born in 1995, I have never heard of a shutdown before.  The most crucial question for me right now is how it will affect me.

Knowing that Canada’s economy is absolutely dependent on US, I can only imagine how much damage this will do if the shutdown continues.  What I did find out was that a government shutdown in the US is actually not quite like ones in any other country.  In US, it has been accepted as a negotiating tactic that has happened numerous times in history.  However, for the rest of the world, a government shutdown seems to be the cause of a revolution or even a disaster.  I doubt that this will affect me much in my daily life, but I do expect to see gas prices go up, goods and service prices go up and see this issue on TV for the next couple weeks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24343698

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