I think politicians shouldn't be paid during a shutdown
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My cousin works for the TSA, and even though they still expect him to come into work, he hasn't been paid a cent during this shutdown.
I didn't think I could hate the government any more than I already did, but there ya go.
For the record, Rand Paul is fighting for your cousin in this clip, and getting smeared as a greedy traitor for it by the America Lasters.
He isn't getting smeared for wanting to pay TSA employees. He is getting smeared because he is acting like not paying politicians somehow means that we can't also pay TSA employees.
It's a complete non sequitur. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
Paul is fighting for nothing, because there's no chance of his bill being passed. At least if he agreed to pass Kennedy's bill, then congressmen would have more incentive to avoid shutdowns since they're not getting paid, but saying "actually we can just pay everyone and never have shutdowns" is not realistic.