A Maria Antoinette moment

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Wilbur Ross, a billionaire and the current Commerce Secretary, doesn't understand why federal workers who don't get paid can't get a loan from a bank.

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[gomberg]

I believe this has already been documented. Of course, they are already working other jobs - though, at this point, it is more to deal with current liquidity.

More generally, it would be interesting to see if in the future US government would have to pay more to hire (to compensate for the increased perceived risk). That would be the best evidence of changed worker behavior.