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Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 7 months ago to Government
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"I feel that my government has failed me as a taxpayer and as a federal employee. I feel that Congress should be totally abolished," she said. "I don't blame the president at all. But the entire legislative branch is just dysfunctional."
I think she just said she wants a dictator.
Anyway... let's take a yay or nay vote:
Do you think most gov workers understand what caused their sudden temporary unemployment?

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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Many others (800k federal civilians, roughly 500k dod contractors) are using their vacation hours right now. Some have hours to burn, some not so lucky. Depending on how long this BS goes on, it's looking like Thanksgiving and Christmas will be tough, and most people will be working the day after Thanksgiving or the day after Christmas because they will burn through most of the hours saved.

    The idiots in congress will have it coming back to them, election year 2014...we who got impacted will not forget this. You know the saying about paybacks...
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Um, yeah, It's called Personal Time Off. Otherwise, it could be Leave Without Pay. In about a week, that's what I'm facing.
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  • Posted by UncommonSense 11 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Sure. Yesterday, here was the bottom line and the last words from my customer in the mass email: "We do not know how long this will last."

    Oh the weather (political) outside is frightful, but inside (home) is so delightful....
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  • Posted by Rozar 11 years, 7 months ago
    Nay. But I have seen a few who welcomed the shut down.
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