Quote Originally Posted by EVAY
You couldn't be more wrong. Many governmental employees who are deemed 'essential' (like intelligence personnel, for example) are being forced to show up for work but not getting paid. They don't know if they will get paid later or not. Some of the people are being told that they are on an 'essential' list, but they don't know if they will ever get paid back. The government doesn't allow them to 'volunteer', but it also doesn't allow them to stay home or be paid.

I know this for a fact, WC, because one of my children is in precisely that situation. He refers to it, appropriately, I believe, as Indentured Servitude.

Honestly, you truly cannot believe everything Fox News tells you.
I will, of course, take care of my son and his family if his savings run out before he gets paid, but that is really not the point. How would you feel if you HAD to show up for work because it is considered so important, but didn't know when or if your next paycheck was going to show up? Even the brilliant junior senator from the Great State of Texas was shocked (shocked I say!) when he heard testimony from the Head of Homeland Security and the Director of Intelligence that people are being treated like this. He responded that it was terrible...just terrible...and he hoped that Harry Reid's Shutdown of the government would stop so our nation's safety was no longer compromised.

And so the beat goes on.