Re: Comparison
When you posted that Bob, none of the furloughed federal employees were going to get anything at all.
"Essential" workers will, they're required to keep working without pay on the promise that they'll get paid eventually.
The rest are furloughed. Legally, that's unpaid time off.
The direct employees only get paid if Congress passes a law saying they will. That was finally passed yesterday (11th), but as of posting was not yet signed into law (waiting for Trump) so even now, their wages are in doubt.
Even then, the furloughed contractors get nothing at all.
And aside from that, if your rent or mortgage is due, not all landlords or banks will wait for long and even those that will charge interest on the late payments.
So all of those 800,000 federal workers are going to be out of pocket to some extent.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
