Quote Originally Posted by DDT951 View Post
Why should the tax payers who continue to work pay their salaries.

It should be ?if you don?t show up.. you won?t get back pay?

I think fed gov employees like the extra paid time off?
Know any fed gov employees or contractors? Pretty sure people like stability and regular paychecks, not chaos, and forced furloughs, for non-specific times, and also with no clarity of if they will even receive backpay.

Facing possibly homelessness or bankruptcy while driving for Uber at minimum wage is probably not how they want to spend "time off".

Most people live paycheck-to-paycheck these days....