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jmowreader

(50,594 posts)

9. It's a paid holiday.

Reply to msongs (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 4, 2018, 01:53 AM

Dec 2018

All "non-essential" workers get the day off, with pay.

All "essential" workers, like TSA, get paid double.

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Shutting down the government for a president's funeral is a tradition [View all] jmowreader Dec 2018 OP

I know what I'm going to be doing when Trump's day comes The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #1

Perhaps we can gather local DUers for a "wake" dflprincess Dec 2018 #3

Indictment, impeachment, death, whichever comes first. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #6

I think we might be busy talking about Michael Flynn and Jeffrey Epstein. n/t pnwmom Dec 2018 #10

Alcohol and heavy doses of diuretics....... lastlib Dec 2018 #14

that's ok; not all presidents are the same; let's recognize that AlexSFCA Dec 2018 #2

I'd be okay with Congress shutting down the rest of the month gratuitous Dec 2018 #4

I thought they were shut down the rest of the month already! jmowreader Dec 2018 #5

Dec. 14th is the targeted end date for Congress. n/t pnwmom Dec 2018 #11

Thanks for answering legitimate questions that some people have in an informative way. nt Blue_true Dec 2018 #7

a day off with no pay in honor of ghwb? sounds good to me nt msongs Dec 2018 #8

It's a paid holiday. jmowreader Dec 2018 #9

you want employees to be forced to take an unpaid day off work? CreekDog Dec 2018 #13

I get the day off...no pay of course. I work WITH the fed, not Luz Dec 2018 #15

and the poster i was responding to wants you to be off work and unpaid CreekDog Dec 2018 #16

Shutting down the government to get your way has become a Republican tradition pecosbob Dec 2018 #12

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