That Makes Sense...

The Federal Government is shut down!

Well...

Part of the Federal Government is shut down!  Many Federal Government employees are sent home, not working, and not getting paid!

Well...

Congress already passed a law to "back pay" those employees after the shutdown is "resolved" (yes, surreal, they are at least supposed to pretend they may not get paid, and pass this later...)

So, they will still get paid...for not working.

So...what about these "excepted" employees that are still at work.  Like the Capitol Police and Secret Service who were working when the lady rammed the barriers at the White House and the Capitol Building?  As well as just about every other Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Attorney, etc...

They are working, so they are getting paid, right?

Well...



No.  They are working...but not getting paid.

So - some workers are sent home and will be paid later, others are working and will be paid later .

   The Federal Government is a big bloated Brobdingnagian behemoth that needs to be brought down to size.  The United States Senate has failed to pass the budget passed by the House of Representatives...for several years.  The resulting law, proposed by the White House, was referred to as the "sequestration" - which was an "across the board" cut.  The current "Shutdown" is the result of yet another year in which the Senate will not pass the House's budget, and they can't reconcile, AND they can't agree on a "Continuing Resolution" to keep spending "level" until they pass a budget.  Why?  Because "level" is not "level" when certain programs have to increase by law, and others are "exempted."

   That makes sense...