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zermelo ◴[31 Oct 25 03:12 UTC] No.45767951[source]▶
To most of the commentators saying "why work when you're not getting paid", please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't federal employees not paid during a government shutdown getting retroactive pay once funding has been restored?
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1. bsder ◴[31 Oct 25 04:03 UTC] No.45768302[source]▶
Only if you are an actual employee. If you are a contractor, probably not.

And a lot of the government is contractors.