[JoeFromSidney]

I wish the government unions would have some care for the families of the taxpayers whose taxes make their paychecks possible.

[kabar]

They never lose any money. They are paid retroactively and many enjoy the paid vacation.

[ronnie raygun]

federal employees should not be unionzed this is a plan hatched by the rats to get campaign funding

[axxmann]

If I were Trump:
“Obama made the last shutdown as painful as possible.
We will make this one as painless as possible.
99% won’t notice.
No back pay this time.
If more than 30 days, they’re all fired.
Good thing the private sector is doing so well.”

[ridesthemiles]

$350,000,000 a week in take home pay.

There HAVE to be a large umber of those paychecks going to non-essential persons. Permanently Non-Essential.