Feds Petition for Paid Day Off After Thanksgiving

Government Executive: It has become commonplace for federal employees to ask the White House for an extra day off around Christmas. And often, that wish is granted.

Now, some feds are feeling a bit greedy it seems, sending President Obama a new holiday request: closing the federal government on the day after Thanksgiving. A petition on the White House’s “We the People” website asked for a paid day off this Nov. 27.

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