Sequestration is a very good thing (the budget must be cut somehow). But we need to cut those areas that are not constitutional. If you work for an unconstitutional agency then I suggest you change agencies to get into the legitimate part of government.
I’m taking the cut too, and I don’t like it, but how else are we going to decrease the size of government?
But it pisses me off when I see people making blanket statements like "we must have sequestration" when they don't realize how badly it's hurting the little guy, like me.
I barely pull in $22,000 a year. The 11 days off will cost me over $1,337. And while that may not seem like a large figure, the fact that it comes in a short amount of time does hurt me, greatly. That's 3 months of rent I now have to figure out to pay. And if involuntary reductions in force kick in starting in FY 2014, I could be out of a job entirely.
Yes, cuts need to be made, but until people wise up and stop blaming people like me for the mess the country is in I will not be silent about their ignorance, stupidity and just plain ole blindness to the real problem.