Govt. Shutdown?.again?

[CHA-LEE]

Gov Shutdowns impacting peoples pay is nothing new and will keep happening. Gov workers not being prepared for what they KNOW will happen again and again and again results in zero empathy from me. If you choose to work for the Gov or rely on the Gov handouts disruption can and will happen. If people don’t like how this impacts them, get a Job that doesn’t rely on the Gov to get paid.

[brutal]

Know any fed gov employees or contractors? Pretty sure people like stability and regular paychecks, not chaos, and forced furloughs, for non-specific times, and also with no clarity of if they will even receive backpay.

Facing possibly homelessness or bankruptcy while driving for Uber at minimum wage is probably not how they want to spend "time off".

Most people live paycheck-to-paycheck these days....

IMHO, most people live well beyond their means.

What happened to having a minimum of 6 month salary/expenses saved? Most of those fed jobs, and especially ATC, are well paying jobs.

If a 2-income family are both dependent on gov jobs, well I think that's just piss poor planning.

[HoneyBadger]

IMHO, most people live well beyond their means.

What happened to having a minimum of 6 month salary/expenses saved? Most of those fed jobs, and especially ATC, are well paying jobs.

If a 2-income family are both dependent on gov jobs, well I think that's just piss poor planning.

1000% agree. The standard of living in America is so incredibly high compared to anywhere else on Earth.... especially when you consider historical standards. Our cars are nicer, houses bigger, everyone has massive TVs and fancy $1k phones.

Good times create weak men.

[bradbn4]

It is looking like real soon now (tm) that things will start to open back up.

[Aloha_Shooter]

What happened to having a minimum of 6 month salary/expenses saved? Most of those fed jobs, and especially ATC, are well paying jobs.

What I remember from high school was a recommendation of 2-3 months salary/expenses to be saved/available as cash or very liquid assets, not 6. Personally, I have about 8 months salary in cash simply because I didn't see any investments I felt comfortable with over the past few years and because I was raised to be frugal (read: cheap as f--k). I put about half of that into rotating certificates of deposit since the bank pays such horrible interest on savings accounts right now.

I have noticed that people have been raised to not be able to distinguish between want and need for the last generation or so. That current generation is all about instant gratification. That's probably a combination of the post-WWII consumer economy that replaced the traditional thrifty Yankee culture, a post-9/11 cultural reaction, and a continuing cultural transformation away from personal responsibility.

[eddiememphis]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7974x7248go

Seven Senate Democrats plus one independent voted on Sunday to support a Republican deal to reopen the US government...none of them faces re-election in 2026...

[brutal]

What I remember from high school was a recommendation of 2-3 months salary/expenses to be saved/available as cash or very liquid assets, not 6. Personally, I have about 8 months salary in cash simply because I didn't see any investments I felt comfortable with over the past few years and because I was raised to be frugal (read: cheap as f--k). I put about half of that into rotating certificates of deposit since the bank pays such horrible interest on savings accounts right now.

I have noticed that people have been raised to not be able to distinguish between want and need for the last generation or so. That current generation is all about instant gratification. That's probably a combination of the post-WWII consumer economy that replaced the traditional thrifty Yankee culture, a post-9/11 cultural reaction, and a continuing cultural transformation away from personal responsibility.

I think you're confusing an engagement ring with a contingency fund. ;-)