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Furloughed federal workers in government shutdown aren’t owed back pay, Trump’s White House claims
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025
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I thought Trump said we already brought in 1/2 of our GDP from tariffs alone? We should be able to give backpay to government employees then.
Oh, it's Trump. He is just a fucking idiot
What about the tariff shelf? The shelf he said he told the money people to check?
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Last time they checked that shelf they found $31 billion. That should pay some workers for a while.
This is his new plan for fixing the economy, see. If money isn't spent then... Well it's saved. QED liberul