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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Bottom Line: 800,000 Federal Workers NEED Their Paychecks Too!
House GOPer: 'I Need My Paycheck' During Shutdown
"I need my paycheck. That's the bottom line," Ellmers told WTVD in Raleigh, N.C. "I understand that there may be some other members who are deferring their paychecks, and I think that's admirable. I'm not in that position."
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The Bottom Line: 800,000 Federal Workers NEED Their Paychecks Too! (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2013
OP
So do the businesses supported by those 800,000 workers' spending, the ripple effect is
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#3
I guess the GOP can say unemployment figures are rising at the same levels as when Bush left
Thinkingabout
Oct 2013
#4
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)1. Additional comments on the DU link below
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)2. That is the repuke philosophy in
a nutshell. I've got mine. Screw you.
Uncle Joe
(58,459 posts)3. So do the businesses supported by those 800,000 workers' spending, the ripple effect is
even wider.
Thanks for the thread, kpete.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)4. I guess the GOP can say unemployment figures are rising at the same levels as when Bush left
Office and now there are more being added to the unemployment rolls and food stamps list. Congress members should not be able to receive their salary until there is real progress. No work no pay.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)5. yes. nt