[cosmicgadget]

You seem to be interpreting assertions of fact as some sort of approval for the current state of things.

The commenter above is saying that ATCs by and large are probably not living paycheck to paycheck. He isn't saying that the shutdown is super neat.

Further up, I was clarifying that ATCs will get paid once the shutdown ends, which is a world of difference from the other way to interpret "they aren't getting paid". Likewise I am not making a value judgement about the situation, I am trying to be helpful.

Not everything is an argument.

[johnnyanmac]

>You seem to be interpreting assertions of fact as some sort of approval for the current state of things.

You seem to be ignoring the human element of the situation in lieu of pushing the logistics of it. Something the GP was directly combatting.

No, the airlines aren't shutting down. We're further weakening the stability that will lead to the next major crash, though. Be it literal or otherwise.

Life isn't a spreadsheet

[cosmicgadget]

I'm not really a spreadsheet guy.

[johnnyanmac]

If that's the best conversation we can have on this, then it's no wonder we can never band together to protect what really matters to us.

[cosmicgadget]

If me pointing out that furloughed employees receive back pay requires that I couch it in explicit sympathy for their situation, we're doomed to talk about peripheral issues.

[johnnyanmac]

I agree, we're doomed. Yes, I see even in this post I see people cheering on the closing of hospitals and the burdens of workes increasing just because billionaires don't want to pay taxes. So I can't by default assume that "they'll get backpay anyway it doesn't matter" isn't uyet another dismissal.

I also agree. We're doomed at this rate.