Food assistance, health care costs, air travel, and military pay all face major strain if the shutdown extends beyond this week.
The pain of a U.S. government shutdown is poised to intensify this week as the funding lapse nears a full month with no resolution in sight.
A series of deadlines in the coming days could have negative consequences for ordinary Americans, cutting off food assistance for low-income Americans, raising health insurance premiums for millions on Obamacare and depriving air-traffic controllers, TSA agents and other federal workers of paychecks.
SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, are slated to dry up on Nov. 1 without congressional action, impacting an estimated 40 million low-income Americans across red and blue states.
when the owner class owns the baby products and parent tools and owns the school materials we learn on and the news plus all media we consume as well as the food we eat and all the ads we consume and of course our voting machines then the system becomes rigged and means no free agency which democracy cannot live without