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Karen Travers
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.@andrewsorkin: "There are reports there are some federal workers who are going to homeless shelters to get food."

Commerce @SecretaryRoss: “Well, I know they are and I don't quite understand why..." (1)
@AndrewSorkin @SecretaryRoss More from @SecretaryRoss: "The obligations that they would undertake, say borrowing from a bank or a credit union are in effect federally guaranteed so the 30 days of pay that some people will be out, there's no real reason why they shouldn't be able to get a loan against it" (2)
@AndrewSorkin @SecretaryRoss Ross is one of the wealthiest members of the Trump Cabinet.

"Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross tallied $47 million that year, according to annual financial disclosures each made to their agencies." (3)

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Karen Travers
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Wilbur Ross doesn't 'quite understand' why furloughed workers are going to homeless shelters to get food @CNN cnn.it/2S510WG
Wilbur Ross does not understand that 15 states caped the maximum interest that can be applied to a payday loan ( 36%). Payday lender mafia have no store fronts in those states. However:
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross argued unpaid federal workers can take out loans to cover their bills as they're poised to miss another paycheck this week politi.co/2G0IXL3
Pelosi slammed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ comments where he said he didn’t understand why unpaid government workers are going to homeless shelters and food banks rather than taking out loans to pay their bills.

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HawaiiDelilah™
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Well Wilbur, it is because working people live paycheck to paycheck and would like to eat so they don't fucking starve to death. OPEN THE GOVERNMENT,
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross does not understand why federal workers would have to go to shelters or food banks to get by without a paycheck; he thinks they should just "go get a loan" (presumably from a rich daddy??). Note his eye roll close to the end of the video from MSNBC.
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Robert Maguire
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross -- a multimillionaire who has engaged in multiple, possibly criminal, ethics violations during his tenure -- "doesn't understand why" federal workers are going to homeless shelters and food banks during the shutdown.
It's also striking that Ross's first thought when asked about the hardship of federal workers during the shutdown is to point out their impact on GDP, not the shutdown's impact on their lives.
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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
CNBC: Secretary Ross, do you worry about safety at airports amid the shutdown?

ROSS: I do, & it's disappointing that air traffic controllers are calling in sick

CNBC: Many of them can't afford to support their families

ROSS: Well, remember, they are eventually going to be paid
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ROSS then says this about fed workers going to homeless shelters to get food: "I don't quite understand why." Says they should just go take out loans
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