The longer the government is "shut down" the more people will see it as not being the big emergency it was made out to be, and people will stop caring if they keep it "shut down".
No, I don' think that is the case. Aside from the problem of TSA workers starting to call in sick, there are small businesses that can't get loans, farmers aren't getting their subsidies, food stamp recipients may not get their benefit past the end of the month, ( this may not happen as they are trying to work around it ) and tax refunds might be held up. Even if some of the SNAP benefits and tax refunds are given out, the workers in these programs aren't being paid. These workers are getting a lot of publicity. Many of them are living paycheck to paycheck, so anyone who is paying any attention isn't simply going to forget about this.
Then there's the matter of the FDA not inspecting food until the gov opens back up, and the national parks are closed. This is far bigger and far more complicated than you seem to think.
Oh wait. I forgot about low income older adults in subsidized housing who will lose their subsidies. And federal contractors won't get paid now and they won't get back pay when this is over. People aren't going to forget about this. The longer it goes one, the more people it will affect.
