Posted on 04/07/2011 6:13:38 PM PDT by Poundstone
As we draw closer to a government shutdown, I have been reading with great interest. You see, I am a federal employee employed at Fort Drum as a civilian mail clerk. I am looking at the possibility of a furlough for as long as it takes for Congress to reach an agreement. It could be days or it could be weeks, but regardless of how long, I am more concerned at how much. How much will this affect my family? How much will it hurt us financially? The uncertainty is maddening as I, and my fellow federal workers, watch the stage show that is called Washington Politics gamble with our way of making a living.
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Now the retirees will not get their payments on time, but they will get them since that sort of "pay" is computed annually not on a pay period basis ~ or, of course, they could simply call back the retirees and give them their old jobs for a few weeks (at full pay of course).
I'd immediately take sick leave (having walked away from 1500 hours).
>> A lock-out is a lock-out and it sucks
Don’t whine to me. Go call your boss... Barry’s responsible for *this* shutdown.
Kelly needs to face the reality that a FED job is always at the mercy of Congress.
What the Government Gives...the Government can take away.
And UNIONS have no say in it.
Frankly, does Kelly feel any empathy with the 14 million unemployed or under employed Americans?
Hard to shed tears on this one.
I retired last week and joined a private firm, so I’m not affected by any shutdown. I do remember the 95-96 shutdown. It’s true we all got reimbursed for lost pay, but there was a lot of mental stress during the shutdown period.
Welcome to the party Mac. Most of us got the pain a lot sooner, and we will NEVER get retroactive pay.
Yes, we also have families.
God bless you. If more had your attitude (and I’m not just talking government employees, I’m talking Americans) we’d all be better off.
I hope it goes well for you, but then again, folks like you make their own luck.
FRegards
“If Uncle Sam wants to cut back, then eliminate terminate or trim programs and agencies.”
Thats what the fight is all about, Repubs are trying to cut and dems are having a tizzy-fit. I worked for the Feds fro 30 years and had lots of no-pay shut-downs but I was always prepared no matter what, when or how. This punk should be too!
This SHOULD be of extreme concern to ALL Americans: how many elderly are going to have to CHOOSE between dog/cat foot & their medication?
Lets see how they rationalize the next ‘Tea Party’ landslide.
Unless I’m mistaken: that WILL happen.
As someone who was laid off last October and soon to become a Senior Citizen (June), I guess I don’t have much sympathy here. Especially since it was Obama who killed off my job. If this person wants to blame someone, then Harry and Nancy are the people who didn’t pass a budget last year. Start there.
OBTW: the reason there’ll be such backlash:
U.S. GI who aint gitnpaid
These people have a LONG LONG LONG memory.
Burn. Baby! Burn!
Maybe this poor Federale should try life in the Dreaded Private Sector...when they shut you down, it’s not just a furlough - You’re FIRED, DONE, FINISHED.
Then you’ve got to go looking for a job again.
I have ZERO sympapthy. All I ask is that they continue to pay those most important civil servants, Our Troops!
You're a real patriot. I'll buy you a couple of steaks!
Thanks Poundstone.
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Given a choice of feeding my kids or yours, guess what’s going to happen.
Take care of your own family and quit stealing from my family.
I don't have a shred of sympathy for these people, who somehow think that their mostly meaningless government jobs are so important to the country.
Let them go home and stay home for good.
When times were better I moved into a higher tax bracket and the government took more of my money so government workers could retire at age 55 while I was still busting my ass 60 hours a week. I worked extra hours while my kids were in college to pay for their educations in cash since we made too much for any government largesse.
I'm not whining, I'd do it all over again my way but you won't be getting any sympathy for a two week furlough here. I do wish you well but it is long past time that the ATM is closed for business.
Millions of Americans sharethis common thought as tax day approaches.
Waaaah. Civilian/non-governmental teat sucking businesses have been bleeding jobs because the teats have taken too much from the corporations for decades. Now you cry when reality catches up to you!
Screw you and your whining. You had your ‘stable’ government jobs for decades on OUR backs. Now that it is time to reign in the spending you cry. Well, I’ve had to reign in my spending for nearly 10 years because of government intervention at every level of business for the last several decades.
No one can afford to pay your inflated salaries for what the type/amount of work you do. If you think I don’t know what the pay scales, I will tell you, where I live ALL GS employees receive a 35.35% ‘locality’ increase to their bases GS pay scales. So an advertised GS-7 position that is in a range of $37k-45k, would get a 35% increase OVER that advertised rate.
Sorry- we can’t afford to pay that anymore. Good luck finding a real job, I’ve spent two years trying to find one that I’m not overqualified for.
I think the proper term is “paid vacation”.
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