We, the “little people”, have to work that day. Who else is going to pay the “chosen ones” their outrageous salaries? Give me a break. I’m so disgusted anymore with Washington. Fat a$$ hogs living off the scraps of the “little people”. Their day of reckoning will come someday and not too soon.
Most of “we the people” do have 12/24 off as an employer provided benefit.
I don’t think it is unreasonable to expect an employer, the federal government, to offer it off as a benefit as well.
Before the EO, federal employees were scheduled for ten days off in calendar year 2007. Ten to eleven days seems pretty typical.
Who's making you?
‘We, the “little people”, have to work that day’
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Really? Neither my husband or I work on the 24th . . . and while he is a handsomely ‘big’ man, I’m on the “little” end of the continuum!
RELAX . . . ‘tis the season to be jolly!
You are so right, why the hell should that "FAT ASS HOG" Private or Airman making $15,000 a year DARE ask for Christmas eve off!!!! And that dam Secretary making $20,000 a year... how dare her "Chosen One" butt be off too!!!!
Not everyone has to work, get in the Christmas Spirit.
Uptight again, eh?
It’s been done before. When I was in the military and Christmas came on Tuesday, we got the Monday off. Or maybe it was Thursday and we got Friday off. In any case, Reagan was the president and we know how horrible he was. How much do you suppose will get done anyway.
I was already planning on taking it off anyway. And I don’t even work for the government.
Jealousy is sooooo unbecoming.
I'm glad for the day off--but if he hadn't granted it I would have taken it off, or at least half a day anyway. My husband is a defense contractor...and will have to take leave since his office will be closed.
Hey! Cool it, man, I gets my monthly checks from the govment,
an besides I needs aday off from sittin on ma fat butt.
Bullfrog
Please show me were in my pay check is there any “outrageous Salaries”? What Bush did was give the little guy off. The “chosen ones” already had off.
Thanks Mr. Presedent!
I’m a government employee and I don’t have an outrageous salary. In fact our agency rates a little higher than others,but in exchange for that we have quantitative and qualitative goals that have to be met. It isn’t as easy as some think. Especially since we have certain procedural and legal issues that dictate the way we do business. In a way civil service is a lot like my military service.
Hey, I’ve got an idea.
Why don’t you go off somewhere and play John Lennon’s “Imagine” to yourself, over and over?
Day of reckoning, my sphiserinctum....
If it’s “we the people” then those that work for government work for us. So I am glad to give those people the day off. Pay them double time for not working!
Bush should give the federal government off until the 4th of July. That would be wonderful.
so with the Feds getting ANOTHER day off and the speculators gettiing to keep their very low interest rates I am just a happy taxpayer is all....
Speak for yourself. most of us have it off. I own my own business and I'm taking it off, in part because nobody else is going to be in.
We, the “little people”, have to work that day. Who else is going to pay the “chosen ones” their outrageous salaries? Give me a break. I’m so disgusted anymore with Washington. Fat a$$ hogs living off the scraps of the “little people”. Their day of reckoning will come someday and not too soon.
What is your occupation? Plus chosen ones? Anybody can work for the federal government. You just have to apply and get hired.
They are not all fat hogs in Washington, lots of conservative military and ex-military working for DoD. Problem is that contractors can’t come in for work and have to take an unpaid leave day probably.
Merry Christmas!
“Fat a$$ hogs living off the scraps of the “little people”.”
Federal employees aren’t just the ones in DC. Pretty disgusting to put down all the ‘little people’ who happen to make a living from the federal government. My husband earns every penny he makes. He is making the same thing he did before he took his federal job. Sorry that you have to work but that doesn’t mean everyone else should be forced to do it with you.