As @Be this guy notes, 800,000 workers aren’t being paid. And what are they not being paid for? Keeping us safe at airports. Processing our tax refunds. Operating our national parks. Processing passports. Operating the Environmental Protection Agency. Homeland Security. Justice Department (including the FBI; bad news for Trump, Mueller’s investigation is funded separately and Mueller and his team are still getting paid). FDA and FAA — those who safeguard our supplies of food and medicines, and those who ensure safe transportation (entire Department of Transportation is affected).
Government actually does stuff. Some of those not getting paid are still forced to work without pay checks; in other cases, the work simply won’t get done.
Hope Jim Morin is not hoping for an early tax refund.
Et tu, Jim Morin?
As @Be this guy notes, 800,000 workers aren’t being paid. And what are they not being paid for? Keeping us safe at airports. Processing our tax refunds. Operating our national parks. Processing passports. Operating the Environmental Protection Agency. Homeland Security. Justice Department (including the FBI; bad news for Trump, Mueller’s investigation is funded separately and Mueller and his team are still getting paid). FDA and FAA — those who safeguard our supplies of food and medicines, and those who ensure safe transportation (entire Department of Transportation is affected).
Government actually does stuff. Some of those not getting paid are still forced to work without pay checks; in other cases, the work simply won’t get done.
Hope Jim Morin is not hoping for an early tax refund.