Comments on: NJ Government Shutdown? (Updated)

By: stubbs

stubbs — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:08:34 +0000

As long as the Casinos stay open, they can shut down everything else.

By: Boomba

Boomba — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:57:54 +0000

I am a government employee who just found out 30 minutes ago that my “Essential” status (as well as 20 others in our facility) has been degraded to “Non-Essential” for this action. We were also informed that if the budget is not approved, we’re not to report to work on Monday and we won’t get paid after that point. Also, they can’t even tell us if we will be able to collect unemployment. I can’t afford to miss out on any amount of pay and I think it was pretty evil to spring it on people an hour before they are suppose to go home.

By: shoe

shoe — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:54:53 +0000

grandpa- exactly what i was going to say…

government should only be involved in essential services, the rest seems like … um… over bloated beauracracy. jim, do keep us posted, love to know what all is considered non essential…

By: GrampaPinhead

GrampaPinhead — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 17:30:53 +0000

Think about this for a minute!
In a shutdown, they send everyone home
that is not essential.. . .

WTF are they doing on the payroll if they
are not needed ?

By: RightWingRocker

RightWingRocker — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:09:09 +0000

Eh … Let em shut it down … less we gotta pay for in the end.

RWR