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haele

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13. Don't expect this administration to work with banks and financial institutions
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 03:10 PM
Oct 1

To repay "grace" loans, offset late fees, or to provide back pay so that those employees who are furloughed or working without pay can continue to pay rent/mortgages or other bills during the furlough.
Basically, if you're furloughed, Russel Voight wants you to quit. And if you quit, no unemployment...

I fully expect a pResident famous for never paying his contractors after they finished a job not to pay furloughed or essential government workforce.
That's the Kleptocracy way of doing business, after all....
On edit - the "What to expect" article was based on rules established in the aftermath of the outcry and scrambling that happened after Newt Gingrich shut down the government for his Contract on America using Grover Norquist's playbook. Back then, the media and public weren't so complacent, and the Democrats held the White House and the bully pulpit.
Every time since the government faces a budget shutdown, those rules are invoked.

So far as I've read, Magic Mike hasn't done that yet. And this Administration doesn't care who might be hurt.

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