Reason's Peter Suderman and Eric Boehm discuss the government shutdown live at 3 p.m. Eastern time today. Join the livestream here.

The government has shut down—but don't get too excited. Taxes are still being taken from your paycheck, drugs are still illegal, and the Commerce Department (for some reason) still exists.

So what does the shutdown mean for ordinary Americans? And how long is this budgetary standoff likely to continue? Suderman and Boehm will be talking about this live on YouTube, X, and Facebook at 3 p.m. Eastern time on October 1.

Officially, the government shutdown happened because Congress failed to pass a new budget (or a continuing resolution) before the new fiscal year began on October 1. In reality, this shutdown is all about one specific part of the federal budget:

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