Senior Trump adviser: Workers are 'better off' not getting paychecks

[Arkansas Granny]

While Lori McLaurin, a furloughed federal worker, wonders just how close she is to becoming homeless, Trump’s top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, claims federal workers are “better off” because of the Trump shutdown.

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While McLaurin and 800,000 federal workers go without a paycheck, an out-of-touch White House is trying to make the claim that federal workers should be happy about their situation. In an interview with PBS Newshour, Hassett, chair of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, made a bizarre case of why unpaid federal workers are the lucky ones.

A huge share of government workers were going to take vacation days, say between Christmas and New Year’s,” Hassett said. “And then we have a shutdown, and so they can’t go to work. So then they have the vacation, but they don’t have to use their vacation days.”

Thus, Hassett concluded, “In some sense they’re better offn

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[malaise]

1. Heartless and shameless

[Brother Buzz]

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[Arkansas Granny]

3. Try this one.

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[Brother Buzz]

4. That one works!

[safeinOhio]

5. Good luck Hassett, like the

same great luck those you speak of are having.

[Norbert]

6. Sending thoughts and prayers to Kevin Hassett

Apparently his brain has the functionality of a blown circuit breaker.