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No, it will be 22 days for her, that is a 20% pay cut Gross...more like 25% because insurance has to paid. Insurance only covers so much for her kid, so she is in a jam. And she is just one story, and I know her. What amazes me about FR lately is the anger. The bitterness. The caustic atmosphere. It appears some FReepers cannot tell the difference between Barry Hussein and a single, low pad mom. Both are equally treated with venom because someone told them that is what the script says. then you get the: “Well! I had it worse!” Stories, as if two wrongs make a right. Let me ask them: how many sarcastic FR threads were posted that danced the jig when you were laid off? None, huh? In fact, all here were supportive. Now, we have nurses, engineers, scientists, DoD teachers, electricians, logisticians, cops, firefighters, and welders getting furloughed with the Sequester, and it is nothing but venom, spit, mocking, and false self- righteousness. Interesting, I always thought this was a Conservative, Judeo-Christian website. I guess it, like times, have changed.

Sky pilot, I am concerned about your friend. These are hard times and we the people are paying for the lack of budget responsibility. Look at the various countries whose citizens went to the streets when cuts were made. Yea, these groups are made up of individuals. But, we need to ride this out. Be support to your friend. Find out where her struggles are and see how she can handle this crisis. It sounds like she is full of anxiety over this. Being upset about an impending situation doesn’t help matters. It only adds to the stress. She needs to sit down and figure out her finances by period. Sometimes it helps to write it down than to just view a problem as a whole. Take each pay period as it comes, maybe a small loan from her tsp if all he’ll breaks loose. But, this isn’t going to last long, I don’t believe so at all.