Sounds like shutdown.. NOW the big questions..
Who is essential? Who decides who is essential?
Where does the money come from to pay "essential" workers if Congress has not appropriated any money for them? That makes no sense..
We are not being told the truth..
How can a blue collar worker in DC be essential.. and get paid, but soldiers in Afghanistan being shot at not? Supposedly essential means to protect persons or property..
This shutdown is a scam. If the gov can pay people without Congress appropriating the money.. what do we need Congress for and what the heck happened to the Constitution that says Congress controls the purse strings..
JJ