Americans take stock of shutdown’s everyday effects
Posted Jan 20, 2019 11:56:54 AM.
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The federal government shutdown is rippling into everyday life even for people who don’t usually think their lives are closely tied to Washington.
The government’s doings, or not-doings, can be woven into an American day from a bowl of breakfast cereal to a beer after work. And the standoff is making people notice. A California accountant can’t get answers from the Internal Revenue Service about clients’ problems. An Atlanta retiree couldn’t follow up on an identity-theft complaint.
The government has been trying to ease the crunch by recalling workers like those at the IRS.
Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press