[rfreedom4u]

So basically he says you can't come to work because we are short of money but we're going to pay you anyway?

Is this some new kind of economics?

[Mannaggia l'America]

So basically he says you can't come to work because we are short of money but we're going to pay you anyway? Is this some new kind of economics?

It's government economics. It's not their money, so they don't give a hoot.

What should happen is that the week off should get deducted as vacation time from all of the employees. Then they can get paid. Vacation means time off with pay - why shouldn't it count as vacation time?

[elkfersupper]

So basically he says you can't come to work because we are short of money but we're going to pay you anyway?

He also shut down only the things that people like and that generate revenue.

Publicity stunt.

If he shut down the Department of Making Sure All The Union Thugs Have Comfortable Chairs, nobody would notice.

[discostu]

No, what he said was "you can't come to work because your elected officials are morons and can't sign a damn budget even though we have the money".

Frankly I think the people should get paid. It's not their fault the NJ government is a bunch of idiots who argued for weeks on end about stupid stuff causing the government to shut down. Pay with the wages the elected officials should have gotten for the months this budget argument was going on, the elected officials are the ones that didn't earn their pay, the grunt workers shouldn't get the shaft because the bosses are stupid.