Now to be clear, I don't lose my pay when the shutdown is over. I'll get paid. It's just deferred. But it's deferred. A lot of people don't understand that the long what's. I think just asinine. And I have family members who worked in the federal government and they're like, the dumb part about this that I think a lot of Americans don't understand is that you don't miss a paycheck in your calendar year. You just miss a month and then you get it back dated. You get it back the next time whenever the government does open back up. And so I know people that are in the faa, for example, and they're like, dude, … (16:59–17:21)
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Asserts that federal employees do not lose pay during shutdowns; they receive back pay.
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