To: Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
Politicians Should Not Be Paid
Stop paying Congress during the government shutdown.
Why is this important?
The government shutdown has cost 800,000 individuals their paychecks. Lawmakers should not be able to furlough other government workers while being paid for their political tantrum.
Locally, here in Colorado, the government shutdown has significantly slowed our rebuilding efforts after a devastating flood. The shutdown has also made access to Estes Park--a town hard hit by the flood--even more difficult by closing one of two two-lane roads left by the flood for access.
Personally, my husband was hired into a government position after a year and a half of almost no employment. He was working his government job for six weeks before the shutdown.
If government officials want a shutdown, they should have to experience what a shutdown means to all the lives they are affecting.
Locally, here in Colorado, the government shutdown has significantly slowed our rebuilding efforts after a devastating flood. The shutdown has also made access to Estes Park--a town hard hit by the flood--even more difficult by closing one of two two-lane roads left by the flood for access.
Personally, my husband was hired into a government position after a year and a half of almost no employment. He was working his government job for six weeks before the shutdown.
If government officials want a shutdown, they should have to experience what a shutdown means to all the lives they are affecting.