Here are the numbers of federal workers who will be furloughed or required to work without pay as estimated by the Washington Post:
Washington Post: “Here’s who works and who is furloughed during a government shutdown”
This, of course, does not account for contractors (which is likely a multiple of these numbers) who don’t have pre-allocated budgets and will not be reimbursed or otherwise compensated for being effectively ‘laid off’ less than a week before Christmas. This is your party of “Compassionate Conservatism” who are all about “Family Values”, right?
I’m just waiting for when they decide to cut the VA and yank back veterans’ benefits because taking promised entitlements away from a group of people trained to bust down doors and knock over disfavored foreign regimes is always a good move.
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