[GAB-1955]

I lost my contracting job this month when the 2012 budget cut DoD funding. It's not just Feds who are affected.

I wish I had warning. Now I'm scrambling to find a new job, with no Christmas celebration beyond church, and the certainty that I will not have the money to pay my bills in January because I have no income in December. My wife is legally blind and cannot work.

Some of you might have no sympathy whatsoever for anyone connected with the Federal government, even indirectly. Some would say it's about time for us to feel the pain the rest of America has felt in this recession. You're more right than wrong, but there are better ways to manage the reduction of the budget to avoid mass disruptions.

I'll keep people posted about the job hunt.

[truthkeeper]

I’m sorry to hear that. Good luck to you in your efforts.

[calex59]

Well, too bad for you, but you had better put the blame where it belongs, on the dimwit party. They haven't passed a budget now in so long it looks like they never will, therefore the legislature has to keep passing temporary spending bills to keep things going.

The dems want people to think that the republicans are the ones to blame and the republicans need to start screaming loud and long about NO BUDGET being passed by the dems.

[Bokababe]

I lost my contracting job this month when the 2012 budget cut DoD funding. It's not just Feds who are affected. I wish I had warning. Now I'm scrambling to find a new job, with no Christmas celebration beyond church, and the certainty that I will not have the money to pay my bills in January because I have no income in December. My wife is legally blind and cannot work. Some of you might have no sympathy whatsoever for anyone connected with the Federal government, even indirectly. Some would say it's about time for us to feel the pain the rest of America has felt in this recession. You're more right than wrong, but there are better ways to manage the reduction of the budget to avoid mass disruptions.

I am so very sorry that this happened to you, especially at Christmas. Prayers and wishes that you find what you need and hope for this Christmas and in the New Year.