I know it’s borrowing trouble and there’s no point in thinking about this, but being a little funny about money I can’t help laying out some plans in the face of the possible shutdown of my employer, the Arizona state government. It will happen this week if our craven legislature can’t quit playing political games by tomorrow. After going through the credit union accounts, I see I have a substantial amount of unused cash laying around, enough to stave off having to raid retirement savings

Source:Borrowing Trouble: Planning for a government shutdown