Why don’t they just get low/no interest payday loans from a bank or their own credit union?
That’s what we did back in 1995 during the Clinton/Gingrich shutdown when I worked at the VA and we didn’t get paid on payday due to the shutdown!
The hospital credit union gave any VA Employee a NO Interest payday loan who requested it. Just took your paystub down and they gave you a loan equaling your take home pay. As long as you paid it off 30 days after you got your back pay they didn’t charge interest.
A sad commentary? I say it is BS. No one, not even the lowest paid Federal worker, is out of money 2 weeks and 2 days after they last got paid. I suspect it is more a case of “Hey! Free Food! I’ve gotta get me sum!”
Bullschtein!
This is the height of shameless propaganda.
If the camera men were doing their job, you would see most of the take their free food and drive it home in their late model Mercedes.
Still, I can sense the Republicans falling for it as we speak.
And here I thought they were going there to volunteer to help since they’re on a paid vacation.
Yes, this is an excellent point. Government is replete with very low calibre people who can not manage their own affairs yet we allow them to make decision that could affect the entire nation.
JoMa
No doubt these are the same low IQ Federal Employees who are constantly harassing my small business and wasting my time and money on absolutely stupid, intensely bureaucratic and useless requests that do nothing to promote the “safety” they claim to be advancing in their agency.
Cry me a river. I could probably go 6 months without grocery shopping and eat very well every day. In fact this time of year, I probably don’t spend $20 a month on food as I have the freezer stocked, the garden harvest canned, and the pantry is full. I do this mainly because I hate going out in winter when it’s cold and dark. So I do this thing called P-L-A-N-N-I-N-G.
Typical government employees living check to check, and lacking the ability to plan.
Feds scrounging for food.
While Democrat leaders enjoy a luxury vacation and could care less if they can pay the bills.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Enough, already. Federal jobs except for these theatric shutdowns are stable, have benefits, and pay well. There’s no excuse for federal workers not having some money aside for when this happens, on a much too often basis. If they have any relationship with a bank at all, they can probably get a short term loan. How about helping lower-tier workers who lose their paychecks because it’s cheaper to hire invaders?
Anyone remember NPR shedding tears over those driven to unemployment as Obama did his level best to put the entire coal industry out of business?
No, I don’t either. Stuff it, NPR!
They must release the gubamint cheese. This is a national emergency,, yaknow.
How much are they being paid to stand in line?
I know I shouldn’t expect much from the people I see standing in line, but how about they consider putting away a few bucks each payday for a possible future “rainy day”...
FREE STUFF!!!!
Don’t these people get paid a decent wage and save money?
Betcha they are getting checks from $ugar Daddy $oro$.