murica .gov shutdown of 2018
John Newman
jnn at synfin.org
Sat Jan 20 09:23:12 PST 2018
On January 20, 2018 11:32:49 AM EST, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>On Saturday, January 20, 2018, 7:36:20 AM PST, Georgi Guninski
><guninski at guninski.com> wrote:
>"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/19/democratic-leader-meets-donald-trump-crisis-talks-us-federal/
>the US government has started to shut down"
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>One problem with this is that after these shutdowns end, Congress
>(almost?) always passes a bill to pay all the Federal workers the
>salaries that they would have earned (but did not earn!) during that
>shutdown. This means that they are essentially being given an
>unscheduled but paid vacation. Ever wonder why they don't complain a
>lot?
> Jim Bell
I think they have to make up the hours, unless it was someone
that didn't actually get a vacation... Certain emergency staff,
military, etc.
Maybe that's just contract workers though - actual federal employees
could be just as you say.
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