Retrieved by Pat Darnell
" ... WASHINGTON - Social Security checks would still go out. So would tax payments and refunds for e-filed returns. Soldiers would remain on duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, and sailors off the coast of Libya. FBI agents would still work. Mail would be delivered.
Those are some of the services that would continue even if the federal government runs out of money at 9:01 p.m. Tucson time Friday with no agreement between Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the White House to extend the budget.
But much of the government would shut down.
Roughly 800,000 federal employees would be furloughed, including many civilian workers in the Defense Department, much of the White House staff, and at least some staff in Congress. National parks would close. Hand-mailed tax returns would go unopened. (Bodfield, Rhonda. Thursday, April 7, 2011. Copyright 2011 Arizona Daily Star. LINK ) ... "
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