Today the United States Government went into a partial shutdown. Also, I happened to have lunch with employees of the Georgia State Archives. (The past couple weeks I have worked on helping with working out the kinks of their move to the Board of Regents information technology infrastructure.)<\/p>\n
The restaurant where we ate appeared to my eye to seat easily over a hundred people. And normally on a Tuesday would be on a wait. Several in our party wondered why it was less than half full. One finally realized no one in uniform was present. Fort Gillem sat less than a mile away and this restaurant was a popular lunch destination for those who work there. About 1,700 employees are civilians, so 90-95% of them are probably furloughs for this shutdown. I suspect the reservists and active-duty personnel whether working or not realize they are not getting paid until this resolves, so going out to eat is probably something they will stop.<\/p>\n
Government employees like their private sector equivalents spend money to have a life. They support local economies. These jobs trickle down.<\/p>\n
Though, I wonder about the studies estimating the economic impacts of universities on their areas. One of these days I will actually need to read one of them and look at the methods.<\/p>\n
How the shutdown affects those who depend upon the business of government employees is the disappointing message missing from the media stories I hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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