Ah, but Fedzilla NEVER shuts down, does it...
The parts Deep State chooses to keep running get deemed essential and continue merrily along bleeping the public.
The only parts that might be shuttered are thise that can be used to put the screws to Americans to get us to knuckle under.
Deep State has the only say in all of it.
Don’t believe me?
How’s about we call Deep State’s bluff and then watch what happens.
“Ah, but Fedzilla NEVER shuts down, does it...”
A lot depends on how certain departments and agencies have been funded. If they already have money to continue operations, they continue operations (employees generally do not get paid until Office of Personnel Management reopens).
Where it gets tight is in departments like defense where almost every civilian worker has to be sent home. This means no repairs get done at any depots, no defense contracts or task orders get awarded, movement of supplies for troops in the field grinds to a halt and spare parts become unavailable. If a shutdown drags on, troop readiness goes south pretty quick especially in mechanized and aviation areas.