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walru | 7 years ago

Yes, they will receive back pay, but a lot of people live paycheck to paycheck.

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cascom|7 years ago

this is my point - don't you think it a salient fact to inform the reader that these employees will in fact be paid for the work they perform....at some point

davinic|7 years ago

The point is that they won't be repaid for the costs incurred from being without any income for months. These include late fees, high interest rates on loans, long-term damage to their credit, etc.

drdeadringer|7 years ago

... at some point where they may be homeless because of missing rent because of living paycheck to paycheck and the first $0-by-government-shutdown paychecks have already been sent out.

wvenable|7 years ago

Just imagine how many payday loans are currently being processes right now at crazy interest rates. The true fallout might actually occur long after this shutdown is over.