I see rightwingers commenting on the shutdown

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Saying workers are getting a "paid vacation".

[apcalc]

1. Vacation? They are WORKING . Dumbasses.

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3. I think they were referring to...

...the National Parks.

[Volaris]

6. And that would mean that they're actually NOT getting paid.

(rolls eyes and shakes head)
Jon Snow knew more than these rock-headed nitwits.

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9. So no back pay I assume?

[SoCalNative]

5. Only some of them

I have friends who are IRS employees and they haven't been.

[tavernier]

2. Rump has been on a paid vacation since the election.

[SoCalNative]

4. Guessing that they have no clue

that any of the furloughed federal employees are not guaranteed backpay for the length of the shutdown.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Bullshit!!!

Hope they have a family member or Relative come begging for a Loan in order to buy gas to get to work because their next paycheck is due on the week of the fifteenth and no money coming in.

Had that call this morning,but,we had anticipated it had already sent a check and most likely will do the same in two weeks. Will be damn if my Grand Kid is going to go hungry because of some Stupid Ass Idiot wallowing in his self pity in the Oval Office.

[Takket]

8. yeah it is a paid vacation.....

if by "paid" you actually mean "not paid" and "vacation" you mean "at work".

Idiots

[uppityperson]

10. How is working without pay a paid vacation?

The ones who aren't working aren't getting paid either.

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11. As long as they get their SSI checks, they're fine with a shutdown.

And a good number of Red State’s poorly educated white folks do live off of disability— for morbid obesity, injuries/illnesses from the obesity, wrenched backs from physical labor, etc. Entire families live off SSI.

And I only mention “poorly educated white folks” here, as they’re generally the most prone to openly exhibit racism, and who support Trump unswervingly. They’ve also been screaming longest and loudest about “welfare queens” and “welfare cheats,” and “welfare Cadillacs,” etc., while they themselves aggressively line up for government aid.

[EffieBlack]

12. Not only right wingers - this argument is being made on DU ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211578066

But it’s pure bs, wherever it comes from.