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2013-10-05 Home Front: Politix

Furloughed Workers to Get Back Pay? (Working is for suckers)

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Posted by Glenmore 2013-10-05 12:14|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Should have just classified them as 'illegals' to get the same effect. However, 800,000 federal employees count when you're cooking the books on tax revenue coming in. They make up the difference with the volume. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-10-05 12:44|| 2013-10-05 12:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I wouldn't say I feel like a "sucker" - it's more like betrayed.

Yeah. Passed the House unanimously? Not one objected to the unfairness? I was feeling lucky and proud that my agency has enough in reserve to keep us working and getting paid through the end of October. Although an unpaid vacation would've been nice. A PAID vacation?!?! What a racket. Can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope the unions at better-managed agencies like mine make a stink.

Posted by RandomJD 2013-10-05 16:51|| 2013-10-05 16:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually this is probably good because the closure can now go longer without stories of starving employees working on everyone's guilt. The nation can see how well it runs on minimal government. Heck we even have enough to deny folks from places they have every reasonable right to go and that's with the essential people so clearly the non-essential numbers were not a complete list.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-10-05 21:58|| 2013-10-05 21:58|| Front Page Top

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