Don’t worry, senior citizens. You’ll still get your Social Security checks if the federal government shuts down next week. The reason the payments can continue to be made is because they are mandatory spending and because the money comes from a trust fund.
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Don’t worry, senior citizens. You’ll still get your Social Security checks if the federal government shuts down next week. The reason the payments can continue to be made is because they are mandatory spending and because the money comes from a trust fund.
As multiple government programs are poised to halt work as a possible government shutdown grows closer ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline, Social Security will not be one of them.
The federal government is heading to a shutdown, if Congress doesn’t pass funding legislation by the time the clock strikes midnight on Sept. 30. A look at what that means and what government services could be affected.
