Congress and President: Crooks, Liars and Gamblers

It is amazing to see the shenanigans in politics. First, the Congress and President create a crisis over the funding of the budget, leading to a furlough. Of course, the MOCs (Members of Congress) and Pres. are collecting their paychecks and getting their health insurace, no questions asked.
Now, these blighters want to pay the furloughed workers when they have not been working. So the policy is- first make people jobless, then pay them for taking their jobs away. Neither party is concerned that this adds to the deficit, just like the Congressional salaries.
If a federal worker knows that he/she will get her pay retroactively, what is the incentive to work? Much better if the furlough lasts long and extends widely, no work and money for free.


US House passes bill to retroactively reimburse furloughed workers | World news | theguardian.com: "The House of Representatives on Saturday passed another piecemeal bill, to make sure federal workers furloughed under the current government shutdown will be reimbursed for lost pay once government reopens.

The White House backs the bill and the Senate is expected to approve it too, though the timing is unclear. The 407-0 vote in the House was uniquely bipartisan, even as lawmakers continued their partisan rhetoric.

"This is not their fault and they should not suffer as a result," Elijah Cummings, a Democrat representative from Maryland, said of federal workers. "This bill is the least we should do. Our hard-working public servants should not become collateral damage in the political games and ideological wars that Republicans are waging.""