Saturday was a Holiday for me!...

This past Saturday we had another snow storm here in the Shenandoah Valley that kept me and many co-workers from getting to work and making our assigned shift.

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The company that I work for gives us 4 paid floating holidays and fortunately I was allowed to use one of my paid holidays for the 8hrs I missed on Saturday...

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Compare that to the 230,000 "non-essential" Federal employees who did not have to report to work today in the Nations Capital due to another massive snow storm that has moved through the area...

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The difference is that these "non-essential" federal employees are being paid and the missed work is estimated at $100,000,000 lost each day to the taxpayer and the workers are not required to use a personal day, floating holiday, or vacation day to make up the lost day...

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Now I understand that the streets and transportation systems were under strain from the 3 feet of snowfall, but calling it a paid "Snowday" for all 230,000 "non-essential" workers, at a estimated cost of $100,000,000 to the taxpayer each day is a statement in itself...

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