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Remember, this is the federal government and thus the government can change the laws through legislation or via presidential order.
by barkingcat 8y ago
Remember, this is the federal government and thus the government can change the laws through legislation or via presidential order.
- imgabe 8y agoThrough legislation, yes. Presidential order, no. It is very, very unlikely that Congress would pass a law saying the government doesn't have to pay its employees like every other employer. Even if they did, such a law would be unconstitutional because slavery is explicitly illegal under the 13th Amendment. They would have to amend the constitution to make that law work and something that wildly unpopular is not going to happen. In fact Congress passed a law stating the opposite, that even Federal employees who are not required to work will receive back pay for the time the government was shutdown.