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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI was thinking about the federal workers like the ATC workers who have not had any pay for awhile.
How many are having to work multiple jobs to pay their bills, to pay for rent (mortgage), car payments, school fees, child support (for some) who are having to go to work tired, so very tired.
How much rest are these people getting?
Is this intentional?
biophile
(1,022 posts)Attilatheblond
(7,781 posts)and Speaker Forked Tongue Johnson to give up the effort to destroy the working class and re-open the government before planes start crashing into each other over airports.
Irish_Dem
(77,782 posts)Making working for the US govt a total nightmare.
No one will want to do it.
Prairie_Seagull
(4,552 posts)in 40 major airports as early as next week.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/06/government-shutdown-flight-delays-live-updates/86991384007/
LiberalArkie
(19,106 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(4,552 posts)alittlelark
(19,081 posts)She works at the VA there - 17 years. She is stressed badly and relying on food banks. She has been looking for another job and is now being targeted by scam jobs that require fees to apply
.. not good
Torchlight
(6,117 posts)without some serious, and probably widespread fallout. Were already at peak national impatience by late November, and adding more airline chaos to the mix sounds like a recipe for disaster. Honestly, the last place Id want to be when Americans on Holiday goes live this year is an airport terminal.