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Originally Posted by Pete F.
There are somewheres around 4 Million people that are government contract workers that are out of work and they will not be getting paid.
The true number is hard to ascertain.
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They are eligible for Unemployment though, which is something. Unfortunately, that's the chance you take as a contractor.
A lot of people take this route because contractors make more than the fed employees. If you have a spouse that can carry the health insurance, you can make some big money contracting. And a lot of contracting companies even offer benefits so that doesn't even have to be a concern.
Shutdowns are not new w/ Trump, there have been 22 of them since the 70's. Pretty much there is a threat of one every year at budget time.
not saying it doesn't suck, but it's pretty much life as a Gov Contractor.
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