The last time the government shut down, I barely noticed. If it wasn’t for some petulant brat ordering “furloughed” goons to block war veterans from visiting memorials or shoo tourists from parking near Mount Rushmore, no one would have.
Which tells you how many barnacles we have attached to the bad ship Bureaucracy.
Because the last time it was shut-down, something like 75% of personnel and their offices were considered "critical" and weren't actually shut-down. It was all just PR as public parks and government statistical offices were closed for media-hype purposes.