How will the government shutdown impact your money. The answer depends on who you are and how long the shutdown lasts. Most immediately, hundreds of thousands of federal workers deemed to be non-essential will be furled.So, they won't be working and they won't be getting their regular paychecks. They will get their pay retroactively. But this time around, it might be a little bit different because President Trump has threatened to fire many of these non-essential workers.Thousands of other federal workers d ...