longer. if you are applying for a mortgage, banks need to verify your tax return with the irs. that is going to be a problem for home buyers trying to get a mortgage. if you are a retiree, your social security checks will still go out but the processing of social security works, the employees are going to be furloughed or working they will not be coming to work which means if you are recently retired, you won t be able to begin your benefits until this shutdown ends. for business owners, from the store down the street to farms across the country, the small business administration is two is going to stop guaranteeing loans and farm subsidy will stop. and workers will oversee clinical trials and care for animals. that rodent cares for animals because they do testing with animals. they are unable to bring in new human patients to study things like new flu strains, it is already a deadly flu season. the supplemental nutrition