With federal lawyers furloughed, the shutdown is delaying lawsuit over shutdown
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That makes sense. I guess my logic was just like.. Surely there's a job that pays more than nothing that will take "I'm an Air Traffic Controller" as all the qualifications to hire you. I guess this is just my pedantic ass brain coming to terms with the fact this isn't a case of them people being able to work because they can't put gas in their car.
I had to walk away from a job I had worked for five years, even apprenticed for, because they started regularly skipping paychecks. Your landlord doesn't accept "oops I didn't get paid this week" so I had to leave. People would ask what its like working for fast food and I would say, "Doesn't matter. They actually pay every week." I could see how, if you had even the slightest cushion of wealth beneath your feet, you could weigh your options. That being said, the idea you can legally force a person to work without pay in this country is actually brain break-ingly infuriating.
nobody ever foresaw the president wanting the government to be shutdown. There is obviously a missing piece here that should never have been needed but unfortunately seems to be needed to fund essential workers through the shutdown. Actually putting it into practice might make shutdowns more frequent and longer though.
Presumably if such a President did against the will of the people then Congress would censure and then impeach said President.
the founding fathers never imagined that the federal government would actually be doing much all year round. The modern 24-7 government didn't really exist until the 20th century.
I mean if a citizen fails to show up for a court date, they are tried in absentia. Why can't we hold the us government to the same standard?
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