Federal workers to exclude US government

US federal workers have described their state of uncertainty, with many now on unpaid leave due to the exclusion of the government and one noted that their salary is being held hostages.

Workers who are considered essential can still be on duty or at their desks, but they also cannot be paid until the stopping continues.

The exclusion of the government is a familiar situation in the US and can happen when Congress does not vote through an annual budget. This one began on Wednesday and this impasse is characterized by guerrilla disputes over federal costs and democratic demands for expanding tax loans for healthcare.

What makes this exclusion different is the fact that President Donald Trump hopes to use the opportunity to make constant cuts for state staff and expense.

BBC News talks to federal workers about their views and how their stopping has affected them.

Although most comments below are anonymous, we have checked that the speakers are federal workers. The US government officials are generally forbidden to speak to the media and we have defended the identity of the speakers because they could encounter disciplinary action if they were baptized.

“The last exclusion was brutal,” said a federal worker who stressed that the impasse in 2018-19 lasted more than a month.

He added: “Forced me to withdraw money from my retirement plan just to cover my bills. Now, they made it difficult to withdraw from our pension bills, so if it goes as long as the last exclusion, I do not know how I will pay my bills.”

The same worker said, “I voted for Trump, but did not vote for his abuses against us.”

Another worker, for the Ministry of Interior Security, based in New Jersey, took a little more different opinion: “Although it worked without timely pay, I support the stop.”

He explained: “The enclosure of the President of the Power Power Power is left frank by the Supreme Court. The inspections and balances must be maintained.”

Meanwhile, a worker of the army engineering corps stated that it was “quite conflict” and has nothing against a break from the “exhausting end of the fiscal year – a year full of constantly shifting guidance and the permanent threat” of mass shooting.

She said she would “support exclusion if something productive appears, but I’m not sure something would.”

Randal of Kansas City, who works with the aviation meteorological center, said: “I do not like my pay for hostages while the government is fighting on individual issues.”

He said he believed that maintaining a funded national meteorological service is something that both sides usually agree, so they asked him why “facing a sudden loss of funds, as Congress is fighting for health or whatever.” He stressed that these are his personal views, not those of his agency.

An anonymous US Air Force official told us that if the situation was not resolved, he would have nothing to live. He expressed his dilemma as follows: “I still have to show up to work, but I will not receive a pay because if I don’t, it is considered awol.”

A worker at the Ministry of Finance had a message to the party that opposed plans for the expenses of the Republican Trump Party.

“I strongly ask the Democrats to stand hard and not to adhere to the continued attack on healthcare and the accessibility of everyday Americans,” she said. She added that no threats to her work would make her hesitate in her views.