Quote Originally Posted by clodhopper View Post
As much as I hate penalizing those who are not responsible for it, I am very much in favor of NOT paying the furloughed hours. Yep, you heard me, leave the workers out in the cold. Sounds jerky? Yeah, a little. But because there is virtually no repercussions to shutting down the govt, the stupid politicians have no compunction with playing brinksmanship games. If all the .gov employees stand to lose out on pay, the pressure to avoid a shutdown would be massive.

Although, those same .gov employees did in fact, elect all those bozos, so maybe they should be responsible for a pay loss.....

Schumer's bullchit sound bites are over the top, since his side didn't get the same issue done the entire Obama presidency.
Really? Thank god YOU'RE not in charge.

I am married to one of the government employees, and NO, we did NOT "elect those bozos." Thanks fr that cavalier attitude of "you could stand to lose a little pay." Nice understaning of how the furlough actually works. Because, you know, all government workers are both heard and listened to by the asshats at the capital, when they disagree with policy. Yeah.