Several million federal employees will stop being paid if Congress cannot agree on funding the federal agencies by the start of the coming fiscal year on October . The last time the federal government shut down five years ago Jesse Santiago found himself standing in line at his local food bank rationing medication and falling behind on his mortgage payments . Some charitable organizations are already offering to help federal workers get through their payless period . Hundreds of people wrote to to express their views about the looming shutdown . Several said they were concerned about taking trips to national parks while many senior citizens said they wouldnt get their monthly Social Security checks during shutdowns . Other federal workers are already planning to cut back their spending . Rob was a federal police officer in Washington DC at the time to leave federal service at time to report to work long shifts without knowing when the impasse prompted him to return to work . Rob decided to return later to the federal workforce so he could get a better paying job than the local retailer . He is currently behind on rent and car payments and has a tentative tentative date to start a tentative date of November but fears his medical reviews will be delayed so he can get a good paying job at a local hospital with a local retailer with a new job . He fears he will have to wait to get his medical review so he may have a good-paying job to get a great-paying federal job . Some of his wife’s daughter is a federal hospital. He is hoping for a better-paid job. But he is a local store. He says he could be back to work again. He hopes to get back to the local hospital. It’s a good job. It is a good place to work. He needs to be a great place. It’s not
Going to food banks is how to cope with the government shutdown . Schools across the country
