jgoins Report This Comment Date: January 11, 2019 11:50AM
Thinking a crisis is manufactured is nothing new as well.
quasi Report This Comment Date: January 11, 2019 02:12PM
The only crisis is 800,000 American families not getting their paychecks, more
than half of them forced to work without pay - I thought slavery was outlawed in
this country.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: January 12, 2019 05:17AM
not being prepared for the annual "shut-down" scare or no scare, is
their fault.
it's kinda like living in tornado alley, and being surprised when a
"nader" smokes your shit.
earthquake zone.
tsunami-laden zone.
hurricane zone.
massive raging forest fire zone.
or, god forbid, a democratic Socialist run House and Senate.
quasi Report This Comment Date: January 12, 2019 01:54PM
So, they can buy insurance for this? Or evacuate to a place where there pay
will still come through on time?
jgoins Report This Comment Date: January 12, 2019 02:24PM
No but they can change jobs and with our unemployment so low it would be easy.
Loner Report This Comment Date: January 13, 2019 01:13AM
A lot of them get all the back pay when it's over. So, it is kind of a paid
vacation. And yeah, they should also be prepared. I haven't had time to check to
see if ALL of them get back pay.
quasi Report This Comment Date: January 13, 2019 02:06PM
I suppose that's one way of cutting the federal budget - payroll will go down
because no one will want to work there, particularly in jobs where they're
required to work without pay during shutdowns. Have fun catching a flight when
that happens.