Furloughed federal workers screw the tax payer anyway they can. Furloughed federal workers will double dip. They will collect their unemployment insurance AND receive back pay for the 16 days of the government shut down. On top of that, the lazy federal workers will get a pay raise. The federal workers can all thank thank John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, John McCain and Lindsey Graham for their ObamaCAVE. As far as the tax payer goes, it’s just another middle finger.
Some federal workers who were furloughed in Oregon could be getting paid twice, with a state official confirming to Fox News that those workers who received state unemployment benefits during the partial government shutdown will not have to re-pay the money.
The spokesman for WorkSource Oregon Employment Department said the workers received at most a week’s worth of unemployment benefits. The spokesman said he did not know how many workers received the benefits.
He confirmed that furloughed federal workers in the state do not have to re-pay the state unemployment benefits.
The employees will receive double pay because the budget bill approved by Congress provides that all furloughed government workers will receive back pay for the days they did not work under the partial government shutdown.