Shutdown lowdown: House OKs paid vacation for furloughed Feds
WASHINGTON, October 3, 2013 – As the budget battle and the Federal government shutdown are set to continue this week, the House has just passed a measure that essentially grants retroactive and continuing paid vacation to Federal workers furloughed as a result of the current budget impasse. According to the Washington Times, “The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Virginia Reps. James P. Moran, a Democrat, and Frank Wolf, a Republican, cleared without opposition on a 407-0 vote, marking a major bipartisan breakthrough.”
Sorry, but the best thing that the Republicans can do is to do a permanent Shutdown which seems to effect only the non-essential employees (maybe 13%). That is the idea of removing waste from Government isn’t it?
Yes, our government has been sent on a PAID vacation.
Too bad it doesn’t work that way for the average American worker outside the government bankroll.