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G26ster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:40 pm

Suri wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:47 pm

rotor wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:00 pm

Suri wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:44 pm

tbrown wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:33 pm The past month shows there are way too many people on the Federal payroll.

We're talking about the FBI being impaired. Let's do an audit instead of just hampering it to see what might happen.
See https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/new-yo ... ed-032718

I was in the military during one of these shutdowns and didn't get paid, all about abortion at that time. You suck up and keep working. I don't feel very sorry about any federal employee not getting paid until this is over. They WILL get paid. Good time for them to sit down, write a letter to their congresspeople and tell them to work with Trump. Or they can wait forever to get paid. I personally don't care. Especially for people in the IRS. Have you ever dealt with an IRS employee?

Thanks for you service. I did some service too and got along ok without money sometimes (as a teenager I was not very frugal) but food and lodging were not a problem. So you can't compare your situation with all of the 800,000 that are going unpaid. We should all care; there might be some nice governmental employees...

I have to say that's not entirely true. As a young enlisted man in Korea, room and board furnished, sure, no problem not being paid. But as a Staff Sargent when I returned, I had a wife, a child, a Mobile home payment, a car payment, insurance, furnished my own food for myself and family, etc. If I didn't get paid, I'd be in one heck of a pickle. Same when I joined the officer ranks and then had two kids. So, it's not accurate to say one can't compare that with the 800,000 not being paid now.

My point being that military should always be paid as they are essential to the survival of our country. How many of the 800,000 on furlough are essential? I am sure that life is tough for them right now so they can write their congress people and demand that Nancy Pelosi sit down and bargain because I don't think Trump will end this first, at least I hope not.

Suri wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:47 pm

rotor wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:00 pm

Suri wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:44 pm

tbrown wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:33 pm The past month shows there are way too many people on the Federal payroll.

We're talking about the FBI being impaired. Let's do an audit instead of just hampering it to see what might happen.
See https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/new-yo ... ed-032718

I was in the military during one of these shutdowns and didn't get paid, all about abortion at that time. You suck up and keep working. I don't feel very sorry about any federal employee not getting paid until this is over. They WILL get paid. Good time for them to sit down, write a letter to their congresspeople and tell them to work with Trump. Or they can wait forever to get paid. I personally don't care. Especially for people in the IRS. Have you ever dealt with an IRS employee?

Thanks for you service. I did some service too and got along ok without money sometimes (as a teenager I was not very frugal) but food and lodging were not a problem. So you can't compare your situation with all of the 800,000 that are going unpaid. We should all care; there might be some nice governmental employees...

Wow. The military is an essential service and we didn't get paid. Over abortion. These people not getting paid are non-essential. And they will eventually get paid. Yes some might be "nice" and I guess you have never dealt with the IRS (gestapo). Non-essential means what it says. I don't care that a tech IPO will be delayed or that garbage might not be picked up at the national parks for awhile. I do care that an illegal (Wilbur Ernesti Martinez-Guzman) just murdered 4 people in Nevada and that he shouldn't have been in our country. What more do I need to say. Just realize also that EVERY federal employee probably has a much better salary than you or yours and probably has a MUCH better health insurance plan (funded mostly by the taxpayers) than you or yours. They probably work a lot less than you or yours too.

Suri wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:44 pm

tbrown wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 5:33 pm The past month shows there are way too many people on the Federal payroll.

We're talking about the FBI being impaired. Let's do an audit instead of just hampering it to see what might happen.
See https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/new-yo ... ed-032718

I was in the military during one of these shutdowns and didn't get paid, all about abortion at that time. You suck up and keep working. I don't feel very sorry about any federal employee not getting paid until this is over. They WILL get paid. Good time for them to sit down, write a letter to their congresspeople and tell them to work with Trump. Or they can wait forever to get paid. I personally don't care. Especially for people in the IRS. Have you ever dealt with an IRS employee?

I was in the military when there was a big government shutdown over abortions in the late 70's and we didn't get paid and still went to work. This is not new. It was no big deal in the late 70's and no big deal now. We have too much government as it is and as long as the military gets funded I can't think of a lot that I will miss from the current "crisis". Trump needs to stand his ground no matter what. He was elected to put up a wall and he will. I don't care if trash isn't picked up in national parks.