Let them eat cake? Wealthy Republicans play down severity of shutdown



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Via: Guardian

Leading politicians have been accused of being tone-deaf when it comes to the 800,000 federal workers who haven’t been paid With the government shutdown entering day 34, members of the Trump administration continue to play down its effect on workers’ lives. Donald Trump himself has framed it as a patriotic sacrifice made in the name of his quixotic national security ambitions, while some of the wealthier members of the administration have characterized going without pay for a month as a minor speed bump easily overcome. WILBUR ROSS downplays 800k workers missing checks as “a third of a percent on our GDP. So it’s just like it’s a gigantic number.” ROSS then says this about fed workers going to homeless shelters to get food: “I don’t quite understand why.” Says they should just go take out loans pic.twitter.com/0sOmZGEozD ‘They are eventually going to be paid. And even if they aren’t, it’s not like it’s going to be a big hit on the economy overall’ Larry Kudlow is talking about unpaid workers like they’re some kind of new honorable volunteer corps we should admire instead of people facing forced labor we should be outraged about. https://t.co/wDgm6sXbzK Many government employees are continuing to work without pay, and some are not allowed to work during the #governmentshutdown. @LaraLeaTrump wants these citizens to know that their sacrifice is not in vain. pic.twitter.com/royaX1Roy0 Continue reading…


Let them eat cake? Wealthy Republicans play down severity of shutdown

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