Huh?
The people who COLLECT money for the American Government to SPEND told take the day’s off?
(Ignoring working WITH the unions which help run things)
CRAZY ASSED Trump people trying HARD to make the shutdown WORSE?
And?
The Democrats are NOT getting blamed….
Donald J. Trump IS…..
This REALLY seems like Saturday Night at the Amateur Hour…
Except this IS the American Government…
The Internal Revenue Service began furloughing nearly half its staff Wednesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, sparking chaos and confusion among employees as the news rippled through agency offices around the country.
The agency said in an updated shutdown contingency plan that it was furloughing more than 34,400 of its 74,300 employees on Wednesday. Initially, the IRS said that its entire workforce would remain on the job thanks to funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. But it noted in its original contingency plan that staffing would be in place only for the first five business days — and there is no sign that the shutdown that began October 1 is nearing its end.
A prolonged shutdown could cause bigger problems as the October 15 tax filing extension deadline approaches, said Maria Ramos, the National Treasury Employees Union chapter president in Austin, Texas, where she works in paper tax return processing.
“Tax returns will be arriving,” she said, “but there will be no one there to process them.”…
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At the IRS and other agencies, some employees must continue working without pay during the shutdown, while other workers are furloughed without pay and stay home. But a third category, “exempt,” has added to the confusion. Employees classified as exempt will continue to work and receive pay, though union leaders say no one has explained where those funds are coming from.
In its updated contingency plan, the IRS said that virtually all of the 39,870 workers who will remain on the job will be compensated by “a resource other than annual appropriations.” In its original shutdown plan, the agency said it could pay its entire workforce with Inflation Reduction Act funds.
The IRA originally gave the agency roughly $80 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funds, to use over 10 years to improve customer service, expand enforcement, update technology and hire more staff. GOP lawmakers have sought to rescind the money ever since — slashing nearly $42 billion from the appropriation.
Ellis said some employees who had been considered essential in previous shutdowns were furloughed this time around, including employees responsible for opening and scanning mailed tax returns and payments, critical paper-processing work. “To my knowledge, all of those people were furloughed,” Ellis said, adding that this was not the case in past shutdowns….
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“Managers are just telling employees one-on-one. The unions have been completely cut out of this.” He added that it’s unclear what criteria are being used. “There’s no rhyme or reason to who’s being told they’re furloughed and who’s not.”…
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“At a time when we’re not going to be getting paid, people could’ve used that gas money,” Ramos told CNN. “That was time wasted and money spent that didn’t need to be spent just to sit around for four hours and find out you were furloughed. In past shutdowns, we knew that information in advance.”….
Note….
The Trump people simply DO NOT KNOW WHAT FUCK THEY ARE DOING….
And want to blame the Democrats?
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