Have you ever had a disagreement in your household and things didn’t run very smoothly for a while? This is happening now, except on a much larger scale. The government shutdown has been the talk of the nation for the past couple weeks. But on Oct. 1, the first day of the congressional year, all this talk actually took affect.

The Congress is in a huge disagreement over ObamaCare, the Republicans want to defund, or try to chip away the budget, while the Democrats see no problem with it. This means that government workers are being “furloughed,” which is just a fancy word for if you are not an essential, you will be laid off. Until the shutdown is over, over 800,000 people will be out of jobs.

But while over 800,000 are sitting at home, there are five things that are insured to remain unchanged. The President, Senate, and House members still are paid, and postal services are still open and delivering. Other things like national parks, are closed. Also, gun permits and passports are not available right now.

This has happened before in late 1995 when Busch was president. Lasting only 21 days into early 1996.

Many people who have never experienced this before were very confused about what was to happen on Oct. 1 this year.

“Yeah, when I first heard about the government shutdown I thought it was a much bigger deal than it really is,” said Matt Mellring, a sophomore at Pattonville High School.

Of course, with words like “Government Shutdown” being thrown around, people are bound to be confused.

But, don’t worry, this will have a small affect on life in America, but nothing major.

In 1995, this only lasted a few weeks, this dispute will be over before people really have time to worry about it.