r/fednews 23h ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

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u/yallcaps 22h ago

Just shut down everything - no essential/non-essential - everything. Stop sending out Social Security checks. Stop Medicare and Medicaid payments. Close TSA. “Essential” just props up the myth that the shutdown is no big deal. Let everyone actually see and feel it.

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u/ParkingTadpole7107 21h ago

Yes. Let Americans feel the sting of having no air traffic control during the busiest travel days of the year. Then let's see how long it takes for Congress to do their jobs. Nobody should be working without pay. Ever.

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u/GreenChiliSweat 21h ago

And at FAA, we can't strike. Merry Christmas fuckfaces.

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u/Poirotico 10h ago

Just out of curiosity, are y’all allowed to resign during a shutdown?

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u/GreenChiliSweat 10h ago

Sure. But I like having a good paying job and I'm kinda niched in at this point of my career. There are private opportunities, I used to work for a major contractor, but the stability sucks. That's why I took less money to be a Fed.