When is a Shutdown a "Slimdown"?

[BullKurtz]

Today I learned 83% of the federal government is still up and running. How can that be? Surely funding the Military, Air Traffic Control, NSA and the IRS (how else could Barry harrass his opponents?) can't account for all those "furloughs" ie paid vacations, so who IS shut down? The parks and monuments....I get that; Barry wants this to hurt ordinary Americans to gain political favor, but c'mon. Nobody but retirees and dingbats go on vacation/sightseeing in October. So this "slimedown" is just another ruse from the Liar in the White House.....who expected anything else?

 

[BullKurtz]

Shameless BUMP!

 

[Yurt]

where is the money coming from?

oh wait....

 

[KissMy]

A shutdown is a spending increase, not a slimdown. This political stunt that you fell for hook line & sinker is costing tax payers $300 million a day with more than to keep it running.

We are paying more & getting less in return wasting tax dollars. All government employees will get back pay for this vacation & overtime to catch up on the backlog being created at witch time more paper, toner, postage, power etc will be used. All government income has stopped from things like National Parks but we still will pay all those Park Employees back pay for their time off. It cost $110 Billion a year more to shut down the US Government than to keep it running. Government always takes care of their own.

House votes to give furloughed federal workers back pay: "A bill that provides back pay for furloughed Federal workers during the government shutdown unanimously passed the House during a rare Saturday session on Capitol Hill... Retroactive pay is guaranteed under the bill, but federal workers can't expect their paychecks until after the government shutdown ends and Congress reaches a resolution on the budget."