It Pays to Work for Government: Furloughed Workers Get Paid Twice

10/19/13

Incident demonstrates advantages of working for Uncle Sam

The “partial” government shutdown that wasn’t a shutdown has paid off in spades for some federal workers.

Fox News reports that government workers in Oregon who were furloughed so Democrats could hysterically grandstand about the dire consequences of a government shutdown will not have to repay the unemployment benefits they received in addition to their salaries.

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