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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
It happens all the time. The only time that it does not happen is when there is a Democrat in the White House and Republicans Congress. Republicans voted to raise it three times when Trump was in office. I’m a govt worker. If the govt shuts down, I’ll get a vacation. In the past we have always been paid back retroactively for the time off.
gpt
I'm amazed how much wrong information is out there - shutdown is very different from the debt ceiling. Shutdowns happen when Congress fails to pass a budget, and it is actually law now that federal employees will receive backpay during a shutdown. The debt ceiling is in place to **pay debts Congress has already approved to spend**. Congress has already passed a budget through September.