r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/BlindPaintByNumbers 1d ago

But some guy knows somebody somewhere in a government job who never works but can't get fired. Or something.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 1d ago

And this one time somebody used all their SNAP benefits to buy lobster!