Shut out by Trump's shutdown [View all]

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

THE PARTIAL government shutdown that began December 22 is now in its third week, and unless an agreement is struck fast, 800,000 out of 2.1 million federal workers won’t be getting paid this Friday.
As everyone knows, the shutdown began after Trump signaled he would veto a December House of Representatives funding proposal that didn’t include $5.6 billion for a 200-mile section of border wall between the U.S. and Mexico....

The shutdown doesn’t just affect federal employees. The 2.1 million federal civilian employees share workplaces with millions more contracted workers who often fill low-wage jobs....

Trump may believe he has the support of federal workers, but that’s likely because he only talks to the ones who support his agenda, such as Border Patrol agents and ICE agents. When we talk over lunch in my workplace, we all know this shutdown is all about Trump’s racist wall, and there is not one voice raised in support.

To read more:

https://socialistworker.org/2019/01/08/shut-out-by-trumps-shutdown


The GOP has always been the "hate government " party. Anyhting that causes the Federal Government to function less efficiently is a good thing to the GOP.