murica .gov shutdown of 2018

[John Newman]

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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