You know the higher ups and you mentioned that it's technically against the law to do that. Yes. Perfect. Thank you. We are seeing the White House float all sorts of threats during this government shutdown. We heard a threat early on that the White House would be firing thousands upon thousands of federal employees. We also heard this week the White House float the idea that they don't have to pay furloughed federal employees back. Well, that's wrong. That would be against the law. (05:57–06:06)
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