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by dragonwriter 2701 days ago
> On the other hand, he thinks an average individual’s response to missing paychecks should be to seek a low interest loan against a government guarantee.

Uh, if that's what he thinks it is deluded in a way you omit: there is no government guarantee. There is a tradition of backpay after a shutdown, not a legal guarantee. The commitment to pay is the budget, whose absence is the entire reason there is a shutdown.