According to a caller at "The Washington Journal" there are many federal employees, not Congressional staff, but federal employees seeking to find new employment due to the politicking of the Republicans. The Republicans have created a roller coaster ride within the USA government and employees are looking to leave.
The furloughs are viewed as a pay cut and the hideous attacks on their benefits are scarey. When this reality is reported to the Congress they are ignored and continue to be at the center of politics rather than valued as federal employees the country depends on.
Here is an absolutely hideous proposal that treats federal employees as toys to constituents. Coburn gives conservative an entirely new definition.
The Huffington Post By Kate Sheppard
Posted 09/12/2013 12:24 pm EDT
Undated 09/12/2013 12:31 pm EDT
...Coburn's proposed amendment (click here) would amend the bill by changing a line that calls for "providing information to employees of the Federal agency on the importance of turning off the lights" at the end of the day to "requiring employees" to turn off the light before they go home...
Federal employees are sincerely effected by the Republican politics. They are at the center of ridicule within the government. The Right Wing is scapegoating the federal employees in order to hold onto their party line.
The Republican constituents are crying because October 1st is coming. Literally crying over established law and this so called landmark date. They believe the filibuster is the only answer to end this law. Seriously. The Republican constituents are brainwashed to think if they can stop the funding as the Waterloo of October 1st. People deeply believe if October 1st comes and the health care exchanges go forward they have lost their democracy. For real. The politics of the Republicans have become that deceptive and dysfunctional. Men are crying over the beginnings of the health care exchanges. It is the most hideous stupidity I have ever heard. There is stupidity and then there is the stupidity of the Republican constituent.
By Kellie Lunney
September 24, 2013
Roughly 800,000 federal civilian employees (click here) would be furloughed if the government shuts down on Oct. 1, according to news reports and data from 2011 -- the last time the government nearly shuttered.
Most federal employees, however, would continue to work if there’s a lapse in appropriations, because the government considers them “essential” workers. The size of the federal workforce, including civilians, Postal Service employees and active-duty service members, is approximately 4.1 million. Of that figure, there are about 1.4 million active-duty military personnel and 2.7 million civilian employees, including the Postal Service.
Active-duty military and about 1.3 million civilian workers are exempt from furloughs in the event of a government shutdown because they have jobs in defense, health care or other areas of national security and/or emergency-related fields. Postal employees also don’t have to worry about unpaid leave because the Postal Service does not depend on annual congressional appropriations.....
The furloughs are viewed as a pay cut and the hideous attacks on their benefits are scarey. When this reality is reported to the Congress they are ignored and continue to be at the center of politics rather than valued as federal employees the country depends on.
Here is an absolutely hideous proposal that treats federal employees as toys to constituents. Coburn gives conservative an entirely new definition.
The Huffington Post By Kate Sheppard
Posted 09/12/2013 12:24 pm EDT
Undated 09/12/2013 12:31 pm EDT
...Coburn's proposed amendment (click here) would amend the bill by changing a line that calls for "providing information to employees of the Federal agency on the importance of turning off the lights" at the end of the day to "requiring employees" to turn off the light before they go home...
Federal employees are sincerely effected by the Republican politics. They are at the center of ridicule within the government. The Right Wing is scapegoating the federal employees in order to hold onto their party line.
The Republican constituents are crying because October 1st is coming. Literally crying over established law and this so called landmark date. They believe the filibuster is the only answer to end this law. Seriously. The Republican constituents are brainwashed to think if they can stop the funding as the Waterloo of October 1st. People deeply believe if October 1st comes and the health care exchanges go forward they have lost their democracy. For real. The politics of the Republicans have become that deceptive and dysfunctional. Men are crying over the beginnings of the health care exchanges. It is the most hideous stupidity I have ever heard. There is stupidity and then there is the stupidity of the Republican constituent.
By Kellie Lunney September 24, 2013
Roughly 800,000 federal civilian employees (click here) would be furloughed if the government shuts down on Oct. 1, according to news reports and data from 2011 -- the last time the government nearly shuttered.
Most federal employees, however, would continue to work if there’s a lapse in appropriations, because the government considers them “essential” workers. The size of the federal workforce, including civilians, Postal Service employees and active-duty service members, is approximately 4.1 million. Of that figure, there are about 1.4 million active-duty military personnel and 2.7 million civilian employees, including the Postal Service.
Active-duty military and about 1.3 million civilian workers are exempt from furloughs in the event of a government shutdown because they have jobs in defense, health care or other areas of national security and/or emergency-related fields. Postal employees also don’t have to worry about unpaid leave because the Postal Service does not depend on annual congressional appropriations.....
