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- Jun 17, 2005
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- 4,401
- 136
Agencies that are recalling employees:
IRS - to process taxes, man the 1-800 helpline, and process salary verification for the mortgage industry.
FAA - recalling additional support staff other than the air traffic controllers that have been working this whole time.
FDA - recalling food inspectors and associated staff.
National Park Service - Recalling park rangers so they don't have to close the national parks.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - recalling employees so that hunting and fishing season is not disrupted.
Bureau of Land Management - Recalling employees to conduct public comment sessions so that pipeline planning can continue.
All these people have been deemed 'essential' in what feels to me like a major stretch of the term. Is making sure that hunting and fishing season is not disrupted really worth forcing people to work without pay?
It seems that a lot more of our government is 'essential' than the GOP likes to admit.
IRS - to process taxes, man the 1-800 helpline, and process salary verification for the mortgage industry.
FAA - recalling additional support staff other than the air traffic controllers that have been working this whole time.
FDA - recalling food inspectors and associated staff.
National Park Service - Recalling park rangers so they don't have to close the national parks.
US Fish and Wildlife Service - recalling employees so that hunting and fishing season is not disrupted.
Bureau of Land Management - Recalling employees to conduct public comment sessions so that pipeline planning can continue.
All these people have been deemed 'essential' in what feels to me like a major stretch of the term. Is making sure that hunting and fishing season is not disrupted really worth forcing people to work without pay?
It seems that a lot more of our government is 'essential' than the GOP likes to admit.