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When government runs out of money but not opinions, it just stops.
means A halt in operations — most often a government or business ceasing non-essential activity because funding or agreement has run out.
from A plain compound of 'shut' + 'down,' both old, ordinary English words — 'shut' meaning to close, 'down' signaling a stop or cessation, as in 'power down' or 'close down.' The compound noun is a modern formation, gaining its political edge in 20th-century America once annual budget fights made 'government shutdown' a recurring headline phrase rather than just a factory term for machinery going idle.
- nonessential
- the government decides what you can live without
- essential staff
- work unpaid until congress remembers them
- longest one
- 2018-19 shutdown lasted 35 days
- cost
- often costs more than the funding fight itself