Just moments before the President spoke, Boehner made the decision to let/shut down the Federal Government. Immediately municipal officials were invited to a telephone conversation with the WHITE HOUSE. Here's what I learned from the call with the White House:
1. Everyone should be
contacting their FEDERAL OFFICIALS, and insisting that they come to an
agreement on keeping the Federal Government open
2. The shutdown WILL
RESULT IN $100 of thousands of dollars not being paid on the Federal debt
(Congress' responsibilities are to pass the budget and pay bills)
3. 100s of thousand
federal employees will be furloughed with no indication of when they will be
returning to work
4. Housing loans,
business loans, SBA's ability to loan money, and other similar agencies will
NOT be making loans during this period
5. National Parks, and the Smithsonians will be CLOSED
6. Annual
appropriations will not be impacted, e.g. Social Security, Medicare, will continue
without interruption
7. This will have a
SERIOUS impact on our rebounding economy and will impact our progress
negatively
8. THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT WILL ROLL OUT ON OCTOBER 1, and the MARKET PLACE will be open for
business providing health care to millions of Americans many of whom have NEVER
had health care before.
9. Number of Federal
Workers impacted across the US is not known
10. For information
on specific projects, e.g., Federal Highway repairs, development etc. contact
those Agencies DIRECTLY through their website
11. General
information may be obtained from iga@who.eop.gov
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