Larry Kudlow said “I honestly don’t know” if the White House supports back pay for contractors.
REALITY: Federal contractors across the country have been devastated by the effects of the Trump Shutdown.
“The estimate of what I’ve lost financially due to the shutdown is upwards of $3,500. The anxiety, sleeplessness and depression make it feel like much more.” – Federal contractor
“While I love being a contractor, I hate the uncertainty that’s come with it. This happened to us last year on a smaller scale, but this year’s shutdown has me concerned for my future and welfare.” – Federal contractor
“We were scraping pennies and nickels together one day to get the baby a Happy Meal. It’s just that bad.” – Federal contractor
Larry Kudlow: “The switch goes back on. No permanent damage to the economy.”
REALITY: Federal workers are struggling from the lasting impacts of the shutdown – which permanently cost the economy $3 billion.
Federal worker who had to pay a 10% penalty to tap into his retirement funds during the shutdown: “It pretty much just pushes my family back.”
“I’m a little nervous after missing 30 plus days… It’s been almost a month since we’ve gotten paid.” – Federal worker
“Morale is slowly decreasing every day. It’s really hard for controllers to maintain 100 percent awareness when they’re thinking about mortgage payments and child care payments.” – Federal worker
Larry Kudlow on Trump shutting down the government again in three weeks: “We’ll see what happens.”
REALITY: Workers still reeling from the 35-day Trump Shutdown are stressed about Trump shutting the government down again.
“They’re throwing us a rope. They’ll throw us that rope, we’ll catch it, and in a few weeks, they’re just going to pull it from us again.” – Federal worker
“That just means that we’ll be fighting again in three weeks for the same thing.” – Federal worker
“It feels like we are still hostages. I’m just so happy to be going back to work and to be able to get on with our lives because I need our health insurance to fill these prescriptions. But who knows if this will all happen again in three weeks.” – Federal contractor