>>If I were a federal employee I would be scared stiff that The SchumerShutDown would id me as nonessential. Might not be there by next Christmas.<<
If you were a federal employee the BEST thing to happen would be classified as “nonessential.” That means a paid vacation as every federal worker gets paid whether at work or not. There MIGHT be a delay in getting your paycheck but that is good too since there is a provision in the law that late checks get additional $$ added.
Showdown is a wonderful thing for federal “workers.”
I hear this myth repeated constantly,.."until the Congress resolves the budget, the non-essential employees are on paid vacation." I wish it were so.
I am a federal contract employee and with every furlough, such as this pending unemployment, if I don't work, I don't get paid. Period. There are very likely some, maybe union, federal employees who reap such a windfall as paid vacation, but I guarantee such is not universal.