As of late October, the U.S government has been shut down for over 23 days. Reason being that the Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on certain bills. The main sticking point in the budget negotiations is about the ACA, Affordable Care Act. This is so the people can have affordable health care in the U.S and not have to worry about not having to pay so much for health care.
Republicans would rather defund the system and take away the benefits of ACA.
As for the employees that work for the government, they aren’t getting paid. TSA officers, law enforcement, military, and air traffic controllers, or the majority that are still not getting paid.
The government shut down on October 1st and most of these federal employees have only gotten paid twice this month and don’t know when they will get paid again. “Not being able to get paid and support my parents is something that has been catching up,” said someone anonymously by someone that works as a federal employee and goes to NECC.
The government is saying they are still trying to figure out a plan and make an agreement, but nothing is going well.
According to CNN there are over a million workers not getting paid.
“Of those, roughly half are furloughed, which means they are not working and not getting paid, but expect to return to work once the federal shutdown is over. The other half have been deemed essential and so are continuing to work. Thursday, the Senate failed to advance a pair of competing measures to pay at least some federal employees during the government shutdown,” said the NPR network. People are worried about the situation but are looking for grace.
Overall, the government is aiming to get the government back up by December, but it is unknown to the process and if an agreement will be reached.
Someone that works for Boston TSA that would like to be kept anonymous said “This has happened before and is definitely frustrating, but the spirits are kept high.”
He said they have been bringing lunches and stuff as appreciation from the company.
