New when will furloughed feds go back to work guesses

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Medical insurance should not be tied to employment. Our system is cruel.

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Anonymous wrote:Medical insurance should not be tied to employment. Our system is cruel.

+1 I think a lot of people would have left already if it wasn’t for this.

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Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

Oh man, I would really, really like to know how that works. That's like $10 BILLION for DOD payroll.

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Anonymous wrote:Medical insurance should not be tied to employment. Our system is cruel.

+1 I think a lot of people would have left already if it wasn’t for this.

I don’t disagree but I think people are delusional about what medical insurance should cost. My sibling keeps saying she can’t afford more than $50 a month. She makes 80k. I get that she wants to pay $50 a month but it’s no where near what she costs.

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

And what does the donor get in return for "helping."

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

And what does the donor get in return for "helping."

Probably something similar to the White House renovation donors are getting.

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

Oh man, I would really, really like to know how that works. That's like $10 BILLION for DOD payroll.

The donor is only providing $130M. But there are a thousand billionaires in the US. Just get them all to donate that much. In fact, time for that wealth tax.

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

Oh man, I would really, really like to know how that works. That's like $10 BILLION for DOD payroll.

The donor is only providing $130M. But there are a thousand billionaires in the US. Just get them all to donate that much. In fact, time for that wealth tax.

This is kind of a backhanded and very stupid tax I guess. How do you even account for government salaries paid by donations? Is anybody keeping track of anything? Is the country just totally corrupt now?

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

And what does the donor get in return for "helping."

Probably something similar to the White House renovation donors are getting.

Looking at the list, data would be the hot commodity.

[Anonymous]

So the Senate has recessed until 3pm on Monday. If by some miracle they vote on Tuesday, the earliest we could be back to work is Wednesday. WTAF. Both chambers pretty much worked nonstop during the 2013 and the 2018/2019 shutdowns. This is such epic BS.

Not that I think that will happen, we are clearly out all through next week.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do you see the betting odds? Personally, I want and need to get back to work. I am going to start writing my Democrat senators and ask them to please cave. It's over already. Evil won, just accept it.

I want and need to go back to work, but I don't want them to cave. If Dems cave, we probably don't get backpay (despite the law) and the layoffs and recisions will just increase. Meanwhile, there is growing pressure on Republicans to resolve this.

There's no chance this ends before November, regardless - among other reasons, I think the White House wants a "record" duration.

News for you: layoffs and rescissions coming your way no matter what. What pressure do you think Rs are feeling? None.

DP. Trump is feeling no pressure, but the Rs in Congress are. See MTG’s comments today. You need to stop panicking. The Ds cannot give in on this.

Trump does not feel much. I think it's his handlers, if anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SNAP and Head Start. Great job Dems - starving kids so that someone who retired early in Florida and makes 400% of the poverty limit gets ACA subsidies.

Considering age discrimination and how many people in their 50s are "laid off" aka fired due to age, I'm surprised you would have issues with a middle aged person getting health insurance subsidies.

Trump gets free healthcare paid by us. Congress also gets free healthcare, which is basically socialist. But Trump does not want us, the little people, to have healthcare...Puzzling.

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Do you think 400% of the poverty limit is a lot?

400% of the poverty limit is $84,600 for a family of 2 and $128,600 for a family of 4. Not much in the DC area for sure, but in some areas of the country, yes. The calculations do not include assets, so an early retired couple in a LCOL area who owns their house outright and has $84,000 in income is getting ACA subsidies.

In the Idaho example on the other thread, the early retired couple with ACA subsidies was paying $51 per month, with premiums rising to over $2000 per month without subsidies - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/idaho-kicks-affordable-care-act-open-enrollment-premiums-are-set-rise-rcna237298

$51 is way too low, and $2000 is way too high. But is the point of these subsidies really so that people can retire early before Medicare kicks in? Who were they intended to help? Were they really intended to continue forever, or were they an emergency measure during COVID scheduled to sunset for a reason?

Do I think the subsidies should be continued for truly needy families? Yes. Should they continue so that people can retire early? No. Should the government be shut down while this is resolved? Emphatically no.

Many people in their 50s “retire” because they are laid off and can’t find another professional job because of ageism.

I guess they can work retail or some other manual job, but it’s not like those give health insurance ?

In principle it should be a sliding scale of subsidies for income and wealth, and $51 is too low, but I’m sure this is the same kind of Reagan Cadillac driving welfare queen exaggerated and non representative anecdote.

Just some examples, Amazon, Walmart, Homedepot, etc. pay medical insurances for their employees. They could work for 2-3 years until 65, so that they can receive health care benefit from those employers.

Like PP said "the calculations do not include assets". So they could have paid-off house. If they have 401K, they are not required to take money out. So they may also have 401K sitting there. Do you think it is reasonable for them to get subsidy paid by taxpayers so they pay $51 a month premium for ACA for both?

Workers at Walmart and Amazon have to file for food stamps. How will they eat? Please explain.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/walmart-and-mcdonalds-among-top-employers-of-medicaid-and-food-stamp-beneficiaries.html

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Anonymous wrote:Senate on recess, guess nothing this week. Trump is claiming he received a donation to pay the military however that works. Presumably he has other funds to draw from and this makes up the shortfall. Undisclosed but I also assume this is a loan.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-private-donor-gave-130-million-cover-military-pay-during-shutdown-2025-10-23/

Oh man, I would really, really like to know how that works. That's like $10 BILLION for DOD payroll.

PP here and I assume he is pulling most of the funds from other places like he did this time and needs the $130 million (loan) to cover the shortfall.

No idea of this is accurate or if the quotes are sincere but it sounds like theyre working on a bill to pay feds and they claim theyay have an agreement this weekend.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2025/10/despite-failed-senate-vote-lawmakers-hopeful-for-reaching-bipartisan-agreement-to-pay-feds/