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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	The real irony of it all
	Date:	2/22/2011 5:29:54 PM

Hound, my wife and all the others at EPA were told in a big meeting by their management that they would be paid for the time when the budget was passed and this was before they went out the door. I also had a friend's mother that worked in DC for the federal government and she was told the same thing. I distinctly remember us sitting there watching these federal employees in disbelief as they were whining about all this lost income. Of course it is possible that some were not told.

Having said that I agree that it is not the employees fault and it will likely be a hardship for some because they are living paycheck to paycheck. But if you are willing to go on TV and lie about losing this income knowing full well you will eventually be paid then you deserve some scorn. But my main point is that the general public is losing their jobs in droves and will not be sympathetic, particularly when they learn from the alternate media that they will be paid when they go back. This is particularly the case at a time when the federal government has hired 200,000 new employees while the private sector has shed jobs by the millions. Those of us that are paying for them will not be happy with the complaints. Just look at what the polls are saying in Wisconsin.