Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed since the shutdown began on October 1, while others deemed essential – including some military personnel – have been required to turn up to work without receiving a paycheck.
“We kind of feel like we’re like a bargaining chip to an extent,” a long-serving US Air Force employee told AFP. “We’re not getting paid because people in D.C. who are getting paid can’t get on the same page.”
Yeah, I forgot to explicitly mention this is my other comment, but… they’ve / Trump’s just been withholding funds when he feels like it, redirecting them… almost everything DOGE did was mind-numbingly illegal, Elon should be in jail for multiple lifetimes if we… were pretending on the book laws were still being enforced.