The US Federal Government Shutdown will begin in 10 days.
The Republicans voted against the
Republican-Backed Funding Bill earlier this week.
The Republicans, the Democrats
and Biden only have 10 days to fix this.
Here is the Effect of
Congress’ Shutdown on the American People by the Numbers:
535 = All Members of Congress will
continue to be paid.
1 = President Biden will
continue to be paid.
2 Million = Active-Duty Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines will continue to protect us across the United States
and around the World, but will not be paid.
400,000 = Civilian Defense
Employees will be furloughed and not paid
400,000 = Civilian
Defense Employees will be forced to work without pay.
20,000 = US Border Patrol
Officers will continue to work apprehending and processing over 2,000
Illegal Immigrants every day, but will not be paid.
16,000 = US Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Officers will continue to work at our country’s land
and sea borders including at airports, but will not be paid.
17,000 = Employees of NASA will be furloughed
without pay and the other
1,300 = Employees of NASA
will be forced to work without pay.
18,478 = Employees of The National Institutes of
Health will be furloughed and not paid.
18,000 = Employees of the FDA
will be forced to work without pay.
35,000 = Employees of the FBI will
be forced to work without pay.
105,778 = Employees of the USDA
will be forced to work without pay.
412,892 = Employees of the Department
of Veterans Affairs will be forced to work without pay.
4,600 = Employees of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) will either be furloughed or forced to work
without pay.
54,200 = TSA Officers will
continue to work, but without pay.
9,062 = Air Traffic
Controllers will continue to work, but without pay.
60,000 = Employees of the Social
Security Administration (SSA) will be forced to work without pay.
22,991 = Employees of The
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be forced to work without
pay.
$1 Billion US Dollars =
The Estimated amount the United States will lose every day of a Government
Shutdown.
US States and Territories
will not receive any new Federal Money – which will affect Millions of State
and Territory Employees as well as Millions of Residents receiving certain
Benefits funded by both the State/Territory and the Federal Government.
Federal Employees deemed
“Essential” and forced to work without pay will probably either call-out sick
or do a Work Slowdown as happened in other Shutdowns (especially with the TSA.)
Even though all Federal
Government Employees (including those in the Military) will eventually be paid
once a Shutdown ends that doesn’t mean much when you are living
Paycheck-to-Paycheck and can’t pay your Rent, your Bills, buy Medicines or buy
Groceries.
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