Actually, from a day to day standpoint you will likely see little to no change... not all government functions will simply evaporate on Oct 1 when the shut down happens. Social Security checks will still be mailed, VA hospitals will remain open, and yes I'm sorry to break your little hearts but schools will remain open.
But what will happen is that many federal agencies will shut their doors and send their employees home on an unwanted, unpaid vacation. So what will shut down???
the Environmental Protection Agency
IRS call centers
National Parks and Museums (yes Travel Club that means Statue of Liberty)
Passport services
Government Loans
and others...
The result is that over 800,000 people will not be going to work or receiving their paychecks... and though the staff members of congress will NOT be receiving their paychecks... members of congress (you know the ones that caused this) will still be getting theirs.
So why did this all happen? Well that's a bit complicated and it could get very political... let's just say that the elephants and the donkeys are simply not getting along very well and have not found common ground on which to work. The result, as usual, will be the American people suffering a bit from their ineptitude.
Thoughts?