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Old 12-31-2018, 08:52 AM   #12
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
I know a few federal workers. Some are still working and getting paid, and some are at home without a paycheck. All of them are decent people who work hard at their jobs.

Politicians who use them as pawns to score political points are tools.

Sometimes they are paid retroactively and sometimes not.
Federal employees usually are eventually paid, but contractors whose jobs are put on hold usually aren't.
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