The dead ICE agents won’t be getting a paycheck. Nor will those murdered by the estimated 100,000 gang members in Texas alone.
Now that the shutdown is over, federal employees will get back pay but unfortunately it’s not guaranteed for federal contractors, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck. That’s not right. We’re fighting to ensure they get their paychecks too. http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=files.serve&File_id=C3136D30-8578-4649-AF2E-DEA7B48DA28D …
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Wow, quite the claim to not have a corroborated source to back it up.
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What about the government paying interest to furloughed workers on shutdown backpay? Not right that they would still pay normal taxes on that backpay on top of all that.
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Contractors are just like road crew workers, construction workers, they get laid off when the weathers bad, btw seasons & JOBS! They are some of the most financially prepared people out there b/c they get laid off on a regular basis. If their NOT They are in the wrong business!
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Most contractors working for the government aren't seasonal.
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Is it just me or is all this talk about a “DEAL” disturbing at every level. Really? Is a government shut down with millions effected only about a DEAL. Why isn’t it about congress doing their Job democracy by the people for the people to keep America Great
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But it doesn’t stop there. Private enterprises and small businesses that are dependent on government employees or government work won’t get that lost business back. No more shutdowns
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America must also recognize our people who fell so far those contractors for the Gov’t; the small business, a shoppes including a multitude of workers who may of lost small businesses; their jobs ... Each State, Each Community has a Duty to Love & Care in Support! TheTrickleDown!
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Thank you Senator. Our janitorial & food workers barely live above the poverty level as it is, and are some of the kindest, most decent people I’ve known.
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