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zermelo ◴[] 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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egonschiele ◴[] No.45767997[source]
Yes, but if you decide to leave your job during the shutdown (say to find more stable work), you do not get paid for the unpaid hours you worked.

And as others are saying, plenty of people can't afford to work for no pay indefinitely.

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fracus ◴[] No.45768137[source]
Of course they can. A bank would have no problems giving out loans given the pay is coming eventually.
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hshdhdhehd ◴[] No.45768179[source]
Citation? Who is giving unsecured pay day loans on unknown payday? If they did what would the interest be? 1000%?
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1. AirMax98 ◴[] No.45769433[source]
I worked at a payroll backed loan company and can say there is not many people in the space, for many good reasons.

These banks do not exist.