Posted on 04/05/2011 6:09:15 AM PDT by Poundstone
With just five days left before a government shutdown, federal workers are pressing lawmakers to cut a deal that will keep the government open for business.
The stakes are high. If lawmakers fail to pass some kind of spending bill by the end of Friday, hundreds of thousands of government employees are likely to be furloughed, and their paychecks stopped.
The National Treasury Employees Union and the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represent a combined 260,000 workers, announced Monday they have asked their members to call lawmakers and encourage them to strike a deal.
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There’s a lot of scuttlebutt that the feds won’t get paid this time around. Too many people in the private sector have lost their jobs. Too many State and local government employees have gotten furloughs. A paid vacation for the feds would not look good. That would explain why the unions are weighing in for an agreement instead of lining up to cheer on the dems.
(1) California Water Czar – Given that the Sierra snowpack is at close to record highs - Permanent Dismissal.
(2) Government Performance Czar - self-evident?
(3) Guantanamo Closure Czar - read the news recently?
I could go on but why waste our time, Obama will grow government because that is all he knows and is comfortable with. The rest of us peons will have our wealth distributed!
To the chant of "Drill, baby, drill" add my plaintive refrain of "SHUT IT DOWN ALREADY!"
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