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Dear Furloughed Federal Workers, Please Take Note....
Trump aides keep telling struggling workers to suck it up
(CNN)We're two federal paychecks into the longest government shutdown in history and government workers are hurting. But key people in President Donald Trump's orbit have offered little in the way of comfort in recent days.
Get a loan, suggested Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary. It's just a "little bit of pain," said the President's daughter-in-law and campaign aide Lara Trump.
Ross' Commerce Department currently lacks funding and most of the more than 45,000 employees who work for him are facing down their second straight paycheck of $0.00.
But that zero-dollar paycheck isn't really a zero-dollar paycheck, he essentially said Thursday. It's actually an IOU that's "100% government guaranteed." If they can find a willing institution.
Get a loan, suggested Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary. It's just a "little bit of pain," said the President's daughter-in-law and campaign aide Lara Trump.
Ross' Commerce Department currently lacks funding and most of the more than 45,000 employees who work for him are facing down their second straight paycheck of $0.00.
But that zero-dollar paycheck isn't really a zero-dollar paycheck, he essentially said Thursday. It's actually an IOU that's "100% government guaranteed." If they can find a willing institution.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/shutdown-wilbur-ross-lara-trump-larry-kudlow/index.html
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