Posted on 01/15/2019 1:37:27 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The pleas on GoFundMe come from people across all walks of life. A single mom. A librarian. A Border Patrol agent. Even an artist.
But their stories all have something in common: They reveal the human toll of the partial government shutdown that's now the longest in US history.
In recent days more than 1,500 campaigns have been set up on the crowdfunding site by furloughed government employees looking for help, GoFundMe spokeswoman Katherine Cichy told CNN. Together, the campaigns so far have raised more than $300,000.
Anna Cory, a furloughed research librarian for the Environmental Protection Agency, said the shutdown has caused financial difficulties that make her feel like her life is in limbo.
"It is difficult. I was just recently engaged on January 2. My fiance and I were planning to buy a house," she told CNN. "Just recently we started house shopping. But we've put that on hold because the bank does not take a friendly eye to seeing a zero on one's pay stub."
The North Carolina woman hopes to use the money from her GoFundMe campaign to buy gas and groceries.
She also started a "government shutdown online yard sale" on her Facebook page to raise funds.
Kevin Garfinkle of Pembroke Pines, Florida, works for the TSA. He's seeking money to get the basics for his young family, like diapers.
"I am my family's only source of income and due to the partial government shutdown I will not be receiving a paycheck until the government reopens.
The federal employees on GoFundMe have something else in common: The main thing they all want is for the government shutdown to end.
"We just want to get back to work," Cory said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Probably illegal.
The New Panhandling
Maybe Nancy Pelosi can give them a penny...
Tell Chuck and Nancy about it. Fund our Border Wall, end Schumer’s Shutdown. Simple.
Boo Fvc&ing Hoo. My Give-a-Crap Meter doesn’t even twinge.
Call your congresscritter and tell them to fund the wall assholes.
RIFs on the way. The President should lay off say, 15% of the workforce. That would make me feel good. For a start. Then 15% more. Rinse Lather Repeat.
The average American’s experience with the Govt (Post Office, DMV, city clerks, etc) is going to make him less than concerned about the welfare of these worthless time servers.
Eff’em.
If she has enough money for serious house hunting she has enough to get by until this is over. If not she shouldn’t be buying a house. She just wants other people to support her current lifestyle.
Cry me a river. Not ONE government employee came forward to help when my private sector friends lost their jobs or were temporarily let go.
Besides, they are non-essential employees. Why do the have that job in the first place? Its NON-ESSENTIAL.
#GoFundYourself.
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In other words.... GFY.
Are we back to the days of $0 down and the buyer walking out of the closing with a check in hand?
Government employees Union propaganda.
Scamming liberals can be fun.
". . . has caused financial difficulties that make her feel like her life is in limbo. "
Has she ever once considered how many people she helped shove into a much, much, worse "life in limbo" with the BS, unnecessary, based on bogus science, regulations spun out by her fellow bureaucrats?
I doubt it.
2) Every furloughed worker belongs to or is eligible to belong to a Credit Union. Take out a low interest signature loan and pay it back when the worker receives their back pay.
See, wasn't that simple?
$10 says the demonkkkRATs set them up for the 1,500 people.
99.9% of them, except for the one Freeper, are having to pay for their 2nd house mortgage...wah, wah, wah...boo hoo!
Or "crumbs".
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