[gspurlock]

Yay! Only the “non-essential” components of government are shut down. Most of them are unconstitutional. What we need to do next is to change the policy of paying off-work federal employees the retro-active back-pay from the shutdown period.

[usconservative]

Yay! Only the “non-essential” components of government are shut down.

Which just begs the question: if they're non-essential, why have them in the first place??

Shut 'em down and LEAVE 'EM DOWN!

[Lopeover]

I agree. If they are going to be paid anyway, they should work through the period in question.

[FiddlePig]

Has Trump now maneuvered the DemWits into an untenable political position? Where he can assert that DemWits care more for “dreamers” than American citizens? (they do)

That DemWits will shut down government for ALL Americans for less than a million people, who are not even citizens?

Trump’s a fighter DemWits have yet to prevail... he should announce there will be NO salary recovery for Federal workers laid off during the shutdown... and that DemWits caused this!

Conventional LibMedia (anti-)”wisdom” always thinks GOP gets blamed for shutdowns... this time is played right, it will NOT the case!

I believe Trump has enough backbone to even make up for spineless “surrender monkey” Republicans... could be fun to watch.

P.S. who gets to decide what is “essential” government?

[publius911]

What we need to do next, [FIRST] is to change the policy of paying off-work federal employees [AND ELECTED CRIMINALS and support staff] the retro-active back-pay from the shutdown period.

x100!

Did Ronald Reagan give the aircraft flight controllers idle pay?

I rest my case.
No work, no pay, no exceptions!