Furloughed Govt Employee Freebies

A few restaurants here are giving away free meals to those who show federal employee ids. I saw in the DC area they are giving a free beer away to them, too.

I hope they will be getting paid soon!

Prayers for all those effected by the furlough ray2:

Lämmchen said:

My husband used to work for the government and one of the first things he was told was to save money for these types of occasions. I'm glad we listened because we went through a couple of furloughs...and had our daughter at the time too to feed. I don't think enough people plan for the future anymore or emergencies.

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That's good you saved. I saw a woman with a mortgage and numerous kids on a show today and she was very stressed by this. Thankfully the show gave her $5000.00 which would pay her mortgage for 2 mos and her car payment.

psalms 91 said:

To an extent yes,but he is the one saying if I dont get my way I will veto anything so effectively it is him who is to blame for this

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I agree. I think he is now going to announce a National State of Emergency to get the wall. I heard it on tv.

Lämmchen said:

She'll get her paycheck...I don't think they've ever voted to not return the pay to employees. We always got the money in the end.

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Of course she'll get her paycheck..but when? In 6 mos or 2 years? 800,000 people are suffering because of Trump demanding a wall we don't need and costs way too much. You cannot deny that 800,000 people are suffering.
But does he care about them? Doesn't seem like it. I don't blame all politicians, I blame him. He started this mess.

Building the wall would cost a teeny weeny fraction of the budget that's comparable to my kid not wanting to pick up his one lego out of his thousands on the floor. The government power struggle is also comparable to men standing around comparing body sizes and gloating cuz that's all they are good for these days and don't give a crap about the American people who don't have all their wealth. Drain the swamp!

TurtleHare said:

Building the wall would cost a teeny weeny fraction of the budget that's comparable to my kid not wanting to pick up his one lego out of his thousands on the floor. The government power struggle is also comparable to men standing around comparing body sizes and gloating cuz that's all they are good for these days and don't give a crap about the American people who don't have all their wealth. Drain the swamp!

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i agree with the latter part of what you said but 5 billion could do a lot more for the disabled and poor and homeless and many other needs that are neglected. 5 billion is a lot of money.

The cry for boarder security is only a facade. If was truly a crisis it would of been at the top of ‘his’ list and dealt with when they had control of both houses. Also anyone who truly wants to deal with illegal immigration would approach the problem where the largest violations occur which is those overstaying their Visas.

Lämmchen said:

My husband used to work for the government and one of the first things he was told was to save money for these types of occasions. I'm glad we listened because we went through a couple of furloughs...and had our daughter at the time too to feed. I don't think enough people plan for the future anymore or emergencies.

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Much wisdom.....


I fully realize financial difficulties can be very real.... and some of these government workers make very little.... and that folks particularly on low income (some of these folks don't make $2K a month) may have to live pretty much paycheck to paycheck.... I'm not ignorant or indifferent.

BUT being a responsible person means we have some savings or at least resources for just such a thing. Stuff happens. We can find ourselves suddenly out of work (happens to the best of folks), we can find ourselves with a health issue.... stuff happens. Whether our employer is some government agency or some private business or if we are self-employed. We are told to have 3 months income in some sort of accessable savings/investments. I'm not there yet but I'm working on it. And I have a line of credit I can tap at any time, actually enough to get by for over a year (but I'd be borrowing - okay if I'm actually employed and making money but the pay is DELAYED).

Yeah, there's irresponsibility on the part of the Congress here.... but is there ALSO irresponsibility on the part of employees? Is ALL the "blame" for some employees having some temporary economic hardships right now fall exclusively on the employer? NONE on the employee?


For some years, our congregation rented a building to a pre-school for low income families, 100% funded by the State of California. EVERY YEAR there would be some funding issue and there would be a month or two or three where they could not pay their rent, they always caught up (because the funding always came for the entire year, thus retroactively) but the church was delayed in getting the rent. What did we do? We put 4 months worth of rent in researve that we would use during those times. This was before my time here, but I'm sure it took a bit of time to build up that reserve but the church did. Hey, it's not rocket science. The government gets into these budget things.... stuff happens.... prepare as best as we can.



Again, I'm LOT letting the Congress of the hook here, they bear responsibility for why some families are struggling with the DELAYED pay... but the employees bear some responsibility, too.




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The ‘most’ vital element to boarder security is the boarder patrol personnel, which by the way has a high turnover rate, so Mr negotiator embarks on a plan that involves them not getting paid? Not smart. This is about ego (his self interest) rather than boarder security (the nation’s best interest).