It brings me joy to know a bunch of bureaucrats who want to run other peoples' lives aren't getting paid
It brings me joy to know a bunch of bureaucrats who want to run other peoples' lives aren't getting paid
Make America Great Again wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
What about those reliant on government assistance to fill the gap? Subsidized housing, WIC, EBT, etc.,,,at some point those funds run out.
Don't rely on government assistance. Work more than one job if necessary, and live within your means. Problem solved.
Those weren't shut down in the first place. Essential stuff keeps going.
the holier than thou right-wing drum beat of this forum never ceases to disappoint
Flagpole, good point about the restaurant food scam. Never really thought about it like that, but it makes sense. You, sir, once again, are right!
Not My Real Screen Name wrote:
Shortly before the shutdown, I went out to eat with my dad when I was visiting. We were about done with dinner and a family sat at the table next to us. They started talking about the shutdown and was worried about the effects of a long shut down and not getting paid. Man, woman and two kids. Woman was doing most of the talking and rather loudly.
After paying the bill and after a couple of minutes of having to listen to this, my dad, a 70 year old, diehard Republican (of which I am NOT) gets up, puts his coat on, walks over and says "If you're really that worried about money during a shutdown, why are you going out to eat?"
The guy instantly says something to my dad about listening to their convo. My dad, calm as anything says "Listening? Half the restaurant probably heard the conversation. Next time use your indoor voices" and turns and walks away. I'm just standing near him a few feet away the whole time. The guy from the family gets up, I look at him and say "What are you going to do? You and I both know he's right" and turn around and leave.
I do feel bad the people affected are just yet another casualty of political bickering.
Wow. Republicans are really big a**holes.
Asking how this impacts you is kind of like asking how a leak in the basement impacts someone.
It won't have an impact at first.
But eventually it will if you don't take care of it.
The sooner you take care of it, the less damage that gets done.
Runningart2004 wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:
oh the horror! When do private sector employees get to whine about overscheduling?
Fed workers get plenty of pay, great benefits and are nearly impossible to fire. They know these things can happen and have plenty of means to prepare.
What about those reliant on government assistance to fill the gap? Subsidized housing, WIC, EBT, etc.,,,at some point those funds run out.
It’s more than just workers missing pay and as this goes past 21 days real effects spread across the country like a virus.
Alan
My sis-in-law works for the IRS and is one of the people furloughed.
I don’t think she’s necessarily hurting financially yet, but I assume it will start to pinch after a while.
The dems really need to get on with providing barrier funding so that these people can get back to work
Affected second degree wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
What about those reliant on government assistance to fill the gap? Subsidized housing, WIC, EBT, etc.,,,at some point those funds run out.
It’s more than just workers missing pay and as this goes past 21 days real effects spread across the country like a virus.
Alan
My sis-in-law works for the IRS and is one of the people furloughed.
I don’t think she’s necessarily hurting financially yet, but I assume it will start to pinch after a while.
The dems really need to get on with providing barrier funding so that these people can get back to work
no, the republicans need to give up on the idea of a wall, which 5.some billion won't pay for anyways and pass a budget with the dems. The wall would do nothing save serve as a monument to Trump's hubris.
The crappy thing for most, if not all, of the people currently affected directly is that IF you need the money that bad it's going to be hard to "find" another job. Most employers, even for menial level jobs, are not going to hire you knowing this is probably short term and you could be gone the next day. Who is going to want to take the time and effort to train you, knowing this?
Really, your options would be picking up a part time side job driving for Uber/Lyft/Amazon, etc.
Me? No impact.
I have a close friend who is getting his MBA and his student loans have been delayed due to the shutdown. Not a big impact as he has money saved to eat and pay his bills but he will need the money in a few weeks.
Opposing counsel at the FTC has been furloughed. It is delaying my client's case as we were in settlement discussions. He does not have his years to be able to get retirement benefits. He did say that everyone who has enough years to retire is talking about walking if they miss more than one paycheck.
I work for a state government agency that has to coordinate with a federal government agency for many tasks. We can't do that right now and for who knows how long. We also receive some federal grant funding that makes up a decent chunk of the state agency budget. If the feds are shut down long enough, that grant funding will run out with no clear replacement.
I like to visit national parks and other public lands, but not planning any more trips until the federal government is working again. So that kind of bothers me and also will not be contributing my money to the tourism industry in that area.
Taking an airplane trip at the end of the month and wondering how/if the airports will be working. I would like to be able to take my trip knowing that federal airport employees are actually getting paid. I have noticed that hotel price are going and I am wondering if the shut down is causing a dip in travel or made we are entering a recession.
Oh yea, and like pretty much everyone else, no clue when I will receive a tax refund from the IRS.
Those are mostly minor inconveniences impacting my life, but I imagine they will grow as this shut down lingers. People that live in areas and states with a greater federal presence are definitely affected more than me.
The thing is, using government shutdowns are a political tool and screwing over government employees just creates a great deal of uncertainty for the economy at large and psychological stress for the people individually affected by the shutdowns and the constant threat of shutdowns. It's a completely avoidable scenario that produces no potential winners except for a few nutter ego-maniacs in Washington.
But here we are.
No impact.
Wondering ... Why did you capitalize the word 'impacting' in your post title?
It affects me by giving me a thread on letsrun to comment on.
Danny Democrat wrote:
I'm a photographer. I have a trip scheduled to a national park to photograph the lunar eclipse the weekend of Jan 19-20. The park I need to be at is closed. I won't go if I can't get in legally (I need park ranger permission to be in this park after hours). So if I don't go, I'm out a $400 airline ticket. Plus the $bux$ I'd have made from the shot. The park is out my entry fee, a $50/hour charge for me to be there late, some hotel loses two nights of occupancy, and a car rental company loses a three day car rental. Plus meals, etc. It's a bum deal all the way around.
Sounds like a good argument to abolish national parks. Just sayin.
Hans Bittermeyer wrote:
Furloughed worker here, and this being letsrun expect nothing but vitriol and hate from the trolls.
Hey we do a job and it’s important for the nation, its future, and the economy.
I’m ok for another month but have to pull money from an account I didn’t want to touch. Have other options if this goes on but will require red tape and fees, so it’s a hassle. Have had to reconsider race travel plans next month until further notice. Drop dead date in about four weeks.
I’ve put a lot into 401Ks in previous work and could access that but it would have costs and penalties. So taking this one week and one step at a time.
Agree with above assessment that it is not a vacation. It’s unpleasant and stressful because we don’t know if it’s going to be days, weeks, or months. Or if draconian emergency powers are utilized, maybe permanent. This is also demoralizing. Will sit it out for now but might start looking for new work if things don’t improve in a month.
It's cute that you think your job is important for the nation, its future, and the economy. I guess things can be important and non-essential at the same time. Weird how that works. And I guess its helpful to the allocation of resources (economy) that people have their money stolen from them and given to someone else to do non-essential "important" work for our future. The most important thing to every non-essential government job is the continuation of that job, while the employee convince themselves they are doing something "important for our future." Hah, what a joke.
Runningart2004 wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:
oh the horror! When do private sector employees get to whine about overscheduling?
Fed workers get plenty of pay, great benefits and are nearly impossible to fire. They know these things can happen and have plenty of means to prepare.
What about those reliant on government assistance to fill the gap? Subsidized housing, WIC, EBT, etc.,,,at some point those funds run out.
It’s more than just workers missing pay and as this goes past 21 days real effects spread across the country like a virus.
Alan
Well, they'll just have to become more self reliant and experience the fulfillment of the soul that happens when you stop worshiping the State and start living your own life.
run with the wom wrote:
I am waiting for final grant paperwork following an approval that was done before the shutdown. I have five people ... yes, good taxpaying Americans waiting.
So suck it a-holes on LRC. You aren't going to like it when you get bad meat (well maybe some of you will like it), or when a plane crashes or you have to wait in line at the airport for six hours to get on a plane.
You failed to explain how your grant paperwork will lead to ecoli infection and long plane rides (TSA are considered essential). Otherwise, a pretty high level troll post.
interesting take wrote:
I wasn't really affected at all until I tried to run one of my predictive models. It errored out and I spent an hour troubleshooting. The model imports weather data for various cities around the US. I pull the data from the NOAA website which is shut down right now. So, my model is unable to pull in the data. I should have built my own db.
https://www.noaa.gov/
Just make up the data for you inputs. That's what NOAA and NASA do anyway.
outstanding lack of empathy wrote:
Most federal workers are still working, just not getting paid. (how is that even legal?) I'm not going to really notice if they are still working.
The government is shut down, but portions of the citizen's wages are still being confiscated. How is that even legal?
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