Mini-Me: 2 Million, Not 800,000, Involuntarily Furloughed

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Huh?

800,000 is the number of federal employees involuntarily furloughted.

The total number is much, much worse.

Over 800,000 contractors, perhaps as many as 1.2 million, were subjected to various forms of involuntary leave, furlough, and outright firing. The best companies are offering some work-arounds, such as posting hours to the last authorized pay period to be paid now and worked off later in overtime, but most companies are simply folding.

Meanwhile, money continues via various channels for a number of programs and systems that are questionable, at best, in comparison to what is being done to our human capital.

Department	Employees	% Out	Furloughed	Stay Home	Must Work
NASA	18,134	0.97	17,590	NASA TV	Space Station
EPA	16,205	0.94	15,233	Pesticide	Superfund
Commerce	46,420	0.87	40,385	Census	Weather
Labor	16,304	0.82	13,369	Statisticians	Inspectors
Interior	72,562	0.81	58,775	Park Visit Ctrs	Fish Hatcheries
Treasury	112,461	0.8	89,969	Wine Permits	Money printers
Energy	13,814	0.69	9,532	Researchers	Nuclear
HHS	78,198	0.52	40,663	Inspectors	Lab Animals
Defense	800,000	0.5	400,000	Environment	Recruiters
Transportation	55,468	0.33	18,304	Auto Recalls	Air Traffic
Social Security	62,343	0.29	18,079	Actuaries	Claims
Justine	114,486	0.15	17,173	Pardons	DEA
DHS	231,117	0.14	32,356	Trainers	Secret Service
VA	332,025	0.04	13,281	PAOs	Nurses
	1,969,537		784,710

Source: NYT

CUT

Internal Revenue Service (little people have no more to tax)

US Intelligence Community analysts and administrations (70%)

NOT CUT:

CIA drone assassination program

CIA ramping up covert training program for moderate Syrian rebels

NSA (making us less safe)