How do you feel about the United States' federal government
operating at drastically reduced capacity (being "shut down")?
What are the immediate and long-term effects
1 that you expect to feel, and will they be ultimately be beneficial or harmful to the country?
1 Immediate effects are the ones that have already begun to impact you, or which will occur after established milestone dates like the Department of the Treasury's October 17th debt default estimate. Long-term effects are the ones that will be seen in a timeframe of months to years, and include things like political consequences in the next federal election.