General Discussion

They made sure that “fired” federal workers (the ones that Trump fired during the shutdown) would be reinstated. And that all those furloughed workers would get back pay. That makes a huge difference not only to their families, but to the economy of their communities too.


That's one of my sister's analysis in our sibling Signal thread.

We think of the disabled and elderly who can't afford food, to heat their homes, or to buy their medicines. Plus people like our air traffic controller niece with two kids four and under, working many hours, borrowing money to survive on, trying to decide which bills they can delay paying