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Old 10-17-2013, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Danzig View Post
yeah, essentially a paid vacation. if we're going to pay them, they should have worked.
Saw on ABC news tonite that some repuke congressman sent a check to the Treasury dept for 5K, returning his pay for the shutdown period...few others have pledged to do the same...friggin joke...they shouldn't have been paid to start with but they claim they were 'working'.
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