government shutdowns are more common
than you might think thank you for
calling the White House unfortunately we
cannot welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten things you need to know
about government shutdowns
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
learning more about what happens when
the American government shuts down
number 10 shutdowns happen when there’s
no approved budget funding the first
question most people have about a
government shutdown is how did this even
happen in the first place well the way
the American government is setup a
shutdown can happen when Congress does
not pass or the president doesn’t sign
legislation that provides funding to
governmental agencies otherwise known as
an appropriation bill due to a piece of
legislation called the anti-deficiency
Act this lack of an approved budget
results in the shutdown of the affected
agencies which is basically most of the
government number nine this phenomenon
is actually pretty recent government is
partially shutting down because Congress
has failed to pass the straightforward
legislation necessary to keep the
government running the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 made government
shutdowns possible in the absence of
formally passed funding bills
it wasn’t until 1980 however that things
really changed from then until the
January 2018 shutdown the government
closed up shop 19 times although many of
those shutdowns took place over the
weekend resulting in relatively minimal
effects on the average American however
during that time there were four
significant shutdowns – during the
Clinton presidency in 1995 and 1996 one
in 2013 under President Obama and a 2018
shutdown under President Trump that
began at midnight Saturday January 20th
and ended Monday evening number 8 they
could make you sick okay maybe not
directly but your health could
definitely be affected how well for
example the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention’s flu monitoring program
would have been deeply impact
had the January 2018 shutdown continued
since many employees would no longer
have been working the Department of
Health and Human Services has
approximately 80,000 employees and half
of them were also off during the brief
shutdown that’s a massive cut and
resources at a critical time so if it
happens again and lasts longer it could
have serious effect throughout Society
so maybe stock up on vitamins just in
case number seven you don’t have to
worry about the astronauts during the
2013 shutdown many government agencies
ceased operations pretty much across the
board including NASA there were some
exceptions however and we can assume
that this would be the case during any
future shutdown Mission Control the two
American astronauts who were in space
during the shutdown continued their work
and while the vast majority of NASA
employees were on furlough small support
teams for the act of astronauts
continued to come into the office after
all it’s not like they can just be left
hanging there until things return to
normal
houston we have a problem number 6 you
still have to do your taxes the 2013
government shutdown took place in
October leaving many Americans wondering
whether they still had to do their taxes
since October 15th was the deadline for
those granted an extension on the
regular April 15th due date but in 2013
and during any future shutdown you still
have to do your civic duty and file your
taxes by whatever deadline you have IRS
employees are part of the category of
federal workers who do not work during a
shutdown so filing taxes or getting a
refund or answers to your pressing
filing questions might be a huge hassle
but you still got to do it number 5 your
travel could be affected luckily any
major travel plans you may have are
probably safe even during a government
shutdown because transportation agencies
like the TSA Border Patrol and
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will
still be functioning as normal since
they’re considered essential services
but let’s say you’re waiting for a new
passport you’re probably Sol on that
let’s say you’re planning to take in
some local sights like a national park
zoo or museum you should check to see if
they’ll be open because if they don’t
fall under the essential services
category they’d be closed for the
duration of any shutdown that is unless
for political reasons the government
tries to find a way to keep them open
with budgeting or legislative trickery
number for military personnel may not be
paid right away the Office of Management
and Budget decides who exactly continues
to work during a government shutdown but
one thing that remains consistent is
that anyone deemed emergency personnel
like federal police officers health care
workers and federal facilities and air
traffic controllers will all continue on
as normal or close enough
this is also the case for active duty
military members however at the 2018
shutdown lasted longer than just a
couple of days and extended into
February
members of the military would not have
been paid for their work and that ain’t
good number three federal workers do
eventually get paid even though the
majority of them will not be working
during a federal government shutdown
workers receive pay for the day’s they
miss that makes sense considering they
have no say in whether they work or not
the problem is they likely won’t end up
getting paid on their normal payment
schedule which could mean financial
troubles for money once things get back
to normal federal employees should
quickly receive back pay for the salary
they missed out on but it’s not
guaranteed individual agencies each have
their own measures to deal with a
shutdown number two no one knows how
long a shutdown could last of all the
government shutdowns in US history most
have not lasted that long all things
considered the 1995 and 96 shutdowns
ended up totaling 27 days and the 2013
shutdown lasted 16 days but there aren’t
really any measures in place to put a
limit on the length of a shutdown that
means uncertainty for everyone involved
because it’s up to Congress and the
President to sort things out and ensure
everything goes back to normal in a
timely fashion considering how much
money they cost
no one wants them to last long but
severe dysfunction could make it happen
before we unveil
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Applause]
number one they can get really expensive
it’s hard to measure exactly how much
money was lost during previous
government shutdowns but at least one
agency estimated that the government
lost twenty four billion dollars in
economic activity in 2013 just the
salaries of employees who weren’t
actually working for those 16 days cost
a whopping two billion dollars the 1995
and 96 shut down
similarly cost 1.4 billion in lost
productivity
luckily such huge losses were avoided in
January 2018 since the government was
only closed for one official workday
however it’s important to remember for
the future just how quickly the costs
add up do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
than you might think thank you for
calling the White House unfortunately we
cannot welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten things you need to know
about government shutdowns
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
learning more about what happens when
the American government shuts down
number 10 shutdowns happen when there’s
no approved budget funding the first
question most people have about a
government shutdown is how did this even
happen in the first place well the way
the American government is setup a
shutdown can happen when Congress does
not pass or the president doesn’t sign
legislation that provides funding to
governmental agencies otherwise known as
an appropriation bill due to a piece of
legislation called the anti-deficiency
Act this lack of an approved budget
results in the shutdown of the affected
agencies which is basically most of the
government number nine this phenomenon
is actually pretty recent government is
partially shutting down because Congress
has failed to pass the straightforward
legislation necessary to keep the
government running the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 made government
shutdowns possible in the absence of
formally passed funding bills
it wasn’t until 1980 however that things
really changed from then until the
January 2018 shutdown the government
closed up shop 19 times although many of
those shutdowns took place over the
weekend resulting in relatively minimal
effects on the average American however
during that time there were four
significant shutdowns – during the
Clinton presidency in 1995 and 1996 one
in 2013 under President Obama and a 2018
shutdown under President Trump that
began at midnight Saturday January 20th
and ended Monday evening number 8 they
could make you sick okay maybe not
directly but your health could
definitely be affected how well for
example the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention’s flu monitoring program
would have been deeply impact
had the January 2018 shutdown continued
since many employees would no longer
have been working the Department of
Health and Human Services has
approximately 80,000 employees and half
of them were also off during the brief
shutdown that’s a massive cut and
resources at a critical time so if it
happens again and lasts longer it could
have serious effect throughout Society
so maybe stock up on vitamins just in
case number seven you don’t have to
worry about the astronauts during the
2013 shutdown many government agencies
ceased operations pretty much across the
board including NASA there were some
exceptions however and we can assume
that this would be the case during any
future shutdown Mission Control the two
American astronauts who were in space
during the shutdown continued their work
and while the vast majority of NASA
employees were on furlough small support
teams for the act of astronauts
continued to come into the office after
all it’s not like they can just be left
hanging there until things return to
normal
houston we have a problem number 6 you
still have to do your taxes the 2013
government shutdown took place in
October leaving many Americans wondering
whether they still had to do their taxes
since October 15th was the deadline for
those granted an extension on the
regular April 15th due date but in 2013
and during any future shutdown you still
have to do your civic duty and file your
taxes by whatever deadline you have IRS
employees are part of the category of
federal workers who do not work during a
shutdown so filing taxes or getting a
refund or answers to your pressing
filing questions might be a huge hassle
but you still got to do it number 5 your
travel could be affected luckily any
major travel plans you may have are
probably safe even during a government
shutdown because transportation agencies
like the TSA Border Patrol and
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will
still be functioning as normal since
they’re considered essential services
but let’s say you’re waiting for a new
passport you’re probably Sol on that
let’s say you’re planning to take in
some local sights like a national park
zoo or museum you should check to see if
they’ll be open because if they don’t
fall under the essential services
category they’d be closed for the
duration of any shutdown that is unless
for political reasons the government
tries to find a way to keep them open
with budgeting or legislative trickery
number for military personnel may not be
paid right away the Office of Management
and Budget decides who exactly continues
to work during a government shutdown but
one thing that remains consistent is
that anyone deemed emergency personnel
like federal police officers health care
workers and federal facilities and air
traffic controllers will all continue on
as normal or close enough
this is also the case for active duty
military members however at the 2018
shutdown lasted longer than just a
couple of days and extended into
February
members of the military would not have
been paid for their work and that ain’t
good number three federal workers do
eventually get paid even though the
majority of them will not be working
during a federal government shutdown
workers receive pay for the day’s they
miss that makes sense considering they
have no say in whether they work or not
the problem is they likely won’t end up
getting paid on their normal payment
schedule which could mean financial
troubles for money once things get back
to normal federal employees should
quickly receive back pay for the salary
they missed out on but it’s not
guaranteed individual agencies each have
their own measures to deal with a
shutdown number two no one knows how
long a shutdown could last of all the
government shutdowns in US history most
have not lasted that long all things
considered the 1995 and 96 shutdowns
ended up totaling 27 days and the 2013
shutdown lasted 16 days but there aren’t
really any measures in place to put a
limit on the length of a shutdown that
means uncertainty for everyone involved
because it’s up to Congress and the
President to sort things out and ensure
everything goes back to normal in a
timely fashion considering how much
money they cost
no one wants them to last long but
severe dysfunction could make it happen
before we unveil
number one pick here are some honorable
mentions
[Applause]
number one they can get really expensive
it’s hard to measure exactly how much
money was lost during previous
government shutdowns but at least one
agency estimated that the government
lost twenty four billion dollars in
economic activity in 2013 just the
salaries of employees who weren’t
actually working for those 16 days cost
a whopping two billion dollars the 1995
and 96 shut down
similarly cost 1.4 billion in lost
productivity
luckily such huge losses were avoided in
January 2018 since the government was
only closed for one official workday
however it’s important to remember for
the future just how quickly the costs
add up do you agree with our picks check
out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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