Work without pay ... yeah, sure, ya betcha

Some fundamental government services should continue unchanged — mail will be delivered, Social Security checks sent out — because they’re not funded through annual laws passed by Congress (the U.S. Postal Service is generally funded through the sale of postage products). **Many employees at the agencies handling those tasks will be working without pay. That includes 88 percent of the staff at the Social Security Administration, for example, as well as 96 percent of the workforce at the Department of Veterans Affairs.**

Work may get done but .....