Rapidcreek@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoHouse Republicans search for a strategy to avert a shutdownwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkHouse Republicans search for a strategy to avert a shutdownwww.nbcnews.comRapidcreek@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoSadly it would be unpaid. Except for Congress of course. They would still get fat checks for failure.
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoAnd folk like TSA and ATC have to work regardless. Doing a lot of travel in a few weeks. Planned ahead with some massive (3 or 4 hour) connections but… yeah.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 months agoThe VA is the largest healthcare provider in America… If there’s a shutdown, they all have to keep working and none of them get paid till after the shutdown. And to get them all paid, other federal workers need to do a bunch of overtime to get it done ASAP. So it costs even more to pay them what they should have been paid. It’s disappointing to see so many people act like this is somehow a positive for anyone.
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down13·11 months agoFederal employees will get paid, but it might be delayed.
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoWhich doesn’t help if they are burning through their savings and still need to pay for food and rent.
minus-squaren0m4n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoGiven present politics, I see asses like Gaetz, MTG and Boebert in the House and Tuberville in the Senate, being fine with not paying our bills.
Sadly it would be unpaid. Except for Congress of course. They would still get fat checks for failure.
And folk like TSA and ATC have to work regardless.
Doing a lot of travel in a few weeks. Planned ahead with some massive (3 or 4 hour) connections but… yeah.
The VA is the largest healthcare provider in America…
If there’s a shutdown, they all have to keep working and none of them get paid till after the shutdown.
And to get them all paid, other federal workers need to do a bunch of overtime to get it done ASAP.
So it costs even more to pay them what they should have been paid.
It’s disappointing to see so many people act like this is somehow a positive for anyone.
Federal employees will get paid, but it might be delayed.
Which doesn’t help if they are burning through their savings and still need to pay for food and rent.
Given present politics, I see asses like Gaetz, MTG and Boebert in the House and Tuberville in the Senate, being fine with not paying our bills.