[mdittmar]

LOL!

[ClearCase_guy]

The Democrats were at fault. Both times.

[econjack]

They’ve been paid without working many times, so the reverse seems only fair.

[Grimmy]

They should go on strike.

We gain twofer on that.

1. We find out for sure how many are not needed.
2. We find out how many can be replaced by the private sector.

[Jim Robinson]

Most of them hardly work anyway. Spend most of their time at the office goofing off or surfing for porn.

[econjack]

“You know, back in the 1860s, they talked about working with no pay.”

You're an idiot, Hoyer. Read Time on the Cross by Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman. Maybe even you will learn something.

[Karl Spooner]

Sort of like their congressional aids do?

[mass55th]

Except slaves didn’t have Unions. They worked longer and harder than any Federal employee ever did for zero dollars, and they didn’t get back wages when work started up again. Nor did they have medical, dental, or vision care whether they were working or not.

[NRx]

Hoyer is a commie. That said, I am not wild about forcing people to work w/o pay. That is not a conservative value. If a person does their job, they are entitled to be paid an honest wage, on time. If an employer is not keeping their end of that bargain then the workers have fair grounds for complaint.

[Chode]

they can quit any time they want... the slaves, not so much.

[justa-hairyape]

You are paying them with debt notes. That is worse than being a slave. You are paying them in slaves.

[Mariner]

Hilarious.

Any of them can quit whenever they wish. They don’t even have to make a phone call to do it.

Just stay home.

[the_daug]

They can’t find other jobs?

[rllngrk33]

As federal employees braced for their first missed paychecks starting Friday, tension over the government shutdown reached a fever pitch, with House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer equating forcing people to work without pay to slavery.

As a furloughed Federal Employee (DOT), I've been watching with great amusement the horror stories on the local news of Feds having to deal with having to go without a pay check.

My congress critter Steny Hoyer is full of it. I have no sympathy for my fellow Feds who failed to plan for the shutdown. They knew this was coming.

Any Fed who failed to plan for a lengthy shutdown was not paying attention, is a fool, and deserves the pain resulting from the shutdown.

Conventional wisdom, like common sense which is sorely lacking in this day and age, dictates you should have at least 3-4 months of cash available for contingencies.

[Secret Agent Man]

They are getting earfuls from union reps who take their big
Paychecks out of union worker paychecks.

[Brilliant]

If they don’t like it they can quit. It would be better for everyone if they did.

[petitfour]

The RATS control the purse strings. All they need to do is fund border security. RATS like slavery and slave wages. Always have. Always will.

[Truthoverpower]

Screw fedzilla

[Not A Snowbird]

What crap. They’re all going to get back pay.

[lightman]

They're "non-essential".

They can leave the plan F tation any time they like.

[Rummyfan]

ROTFLMAO! Of course, Dems have always supported slavery anyway.