I've been debating this same point with people. Most federal workers have been on the job a number of years, and are making a decent salary. If you've been responsible in managing your finances, and living within your means, there's no way you should be standing in a food line 48 hours after missing that first paycheck.
Maybe if they cannot afford to live where they work they should MOVE. I know this might be tough on those who cannot do prodductive work but it is a big world out there. Of course some of these government nazis who love to tell others how to live or work may be in for a shock when their boss tells them “I don’t care what you think” or “get off the internet and take a work break”. Don’t like it there is the door.
These are our "betters"! The ones dictating the way we live our lives!
(Roughly $120K per year is the average Federal paycheck in the MD-VA-DC metropolitan area.)
That’s just it.....apparently it’s now racist to expect someone to set aside funds for a rainy day, spend responsibly etc....
/there’s no way you should be standing in a food line 48 hours after missing that first paycheck.
No kidding. I’m a DC native. Growing up, almost everyone I knew worked in the government. They all had houses and cars. They went to the Caribbean on vacation and many had kids in the Catholic schools. And these were black people, who white libs would say ‘should’ be poor and struggling. The point is, they were doing alright.
No way on God’s green earth should anybody need a food handout after 2 days w/o a check. What the heck do these people do in an emergency? I was on another board where a person mentioned that her father was affected by the furlough and wanted his insurance company to wait on the premium. They said no. I’m sorry, we’re not talking about the mortgage here, we’re talking an insurance premium.
I may not have all the savings I should have, but I have food storage. I’d be ashamed to stand in a food line after 2 days w/o a check.
I left the area long ago and never looked back.