We've seen a lot of weird reactions on the right wing to the Government
Shut down. These range from "it doesn't matter" to "its terrible" but
one thing that really strikes me is the rage and antipathy that has been
displayed towards Federal Workers themselves. It doesn't strike me as
unusual, but it does strike me as significant. Yesterday's on air rant
by Stuart Varney makes it pretty explicit: Federal Workers and, indeed,
the entire Government are failing Stuart Varney. They cost too much and
they do too little. In fact: they are so awful they don't even deserve
to be paid for the work they have already done. Contracts, agreements,
and labor be damned. If Stuart Varney isn't happy then they deserve to
be fired. Here's the quote if you haven't seen it:
HOWELL: Do you think that federal workers, when this ends, are deserving of their back pay or not?
VARNEY:
That is a loaded question isn't it? You want my opinion? This is
President Obama's shutdown. He is responsible for shutting this thing
down; he's taken an entirely political decision here. No, I don't think
they should get their back pay, frankly, I really don't. I'm sick and
tired of a massive, bloated federal bureaucracy living on our backs, and
taking money out of us, a lot more money than most of us earn in the
private sector, then getting a furlough, and then getting their money
back at the end of it. Sorry, I'm not for that. I want to punish these people. Sorry to say that, but that's what I want to do.
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