Re: Another Republican fail
"One could counter-argue that because the US is still operating pretty well it proves most Federal workers don't work very much."
It might seem that way if you have little to no interactions with the departments which are closed or running with minimal staff and are not one of the many who have not been paid for a long while now.
Not to mention the downturn in spending. nearly 400,000 have been "furlough" so may not even get their back pay at all. Another 400,000+ are working without pay so are also minimising spending as much as possible. Then there's the millions of contractors not being paid and likely those workers never will be paid.
That's a significant hit to the economy which won't show for a while. Lots of people will see the effects sooner or later.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
