How long will the shutdown last?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How's this for a solution:

All the government workers I know "work" from home at least half time, with one guy working from home 4 days a week. They all do errands, house projects, etc., on government time and put in a few hours of actual work a day.

So.....let's recall HALF of them, but make them go to the office and work full days. That way, the work is being done, albeit eliminating the redundant half.

Actually, I would argue more work gets done with telework because there is much less socializing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How's this for a solution:

All the government workers I know "work" from home at least half time, with one guy working from home 4 days a week. They all do errands, house projects, etc., on government time and put in a few hours of actual work a day.

So.....let's recall HALF of them, but make them go to the office and work full days. That way, the work is being done, albeit eliminating the redundant half.

Can you say GRIDLOCK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How's this for a solution:

All the government workers I know "work" from home at least half time, with one guy working from home 4 days a week. They all do errands, house projects, etc., on government time and put in a few hours of actual work a day.

So.....let's recall HALF of them, but make them go to the office and work full days. That way, the work is being done, albeit eliminating the redundant half.

Actually, I would argue more work gets done with telework because there is much less socializing.

This has been my experience.

[Anonymous]

Shutdown for federal employees is just extra paid vacation. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Fake news today is running interviews with people crying about getting their paychecks delayed. What they fail to say is that these people are crying because they failed to maintain 3 months of emergency funds .

Fake news also fails to mention that these “broke” Feds have tons of options to pay their rent AND their utilities AND for their groceries.

Those options?

1. GET A JOB.
2. Go door-to-door offering to do odd jobs.
3. Head down to 7-11 and be a day laborer, putting the illegals out of business at the same time.
4. Hold a yard sale.
5. Make things and go sell them. Scarves. Cookies. Whatever.
6. Go look for free places like Residence Inn to eat breakfast. Take a container to fill up with eggs, sausage and bagels for lunch. There’s your two meals for the day.
7. Get a payday loan.
8. Tap your home equity.
9. Send your kids into places where people leave cash lying around on tables when they leave. Finders keepers.
10. Find piles of newspapers lying around abandoned. Go to say a Metro station and sell the papers below face value.

These are just TEN ideas for getting by without your paychecks, Feds. Is this work? Yeah. I think our borders are well worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shutdown for federal employees is just extra paid vacation. No big deal.

They don’t view it that way since they aren’t getting income now for bills due today. Additionally, it kills what little employee morale exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fake news today is running interviews with people crying about getting their paychecks delayed. What they fail to say is that these people are crying because they failed to maintain 3 months of emergency funds .

Fake news also fails to mention that these “broke” Feds have tons of options to pay their rent AND their utilities AND for their groceries.

Those options?

1. GET A JOB.
2. Go door-to-door offering to do odd jobs.
3. Head down to 7-11 and be a day laborer, putting the illegals out of business at the same time.
4. Hold a yard sale.
5. Make things and go sell them. Scarves. Cookies. Whatever.
6. Go look for free places like Residence Inn to eat breakfast. Take a container to fill up with eggs, sausage and bagels for lunch. There’s your two meals for the day.
7. Get a payday loan.
8. Tap your home equity.
9. Send your kids into places where people leave cash lying around on tables when they leave. Finders keepers.
10. Find piles of newspapers lying around abandoned. Go to say a Metro station and sell the papers below face value.

These are just TEN ideas for getting by without your paychecks, Feds. Is this work? Yeah. I think our borders are well worth it.

Look Richie Rich, not everyone is a baller like you. If you don’t own a house, there is no HELOC. You are telling people with jobs to go panhandle because you don’t like the existing wall.

[Anonymous]

And some of those "ideas" for making money are unethical (stealing from hotel buffets) and illegal (having your children bawipe money.) And from an old person, who has cash money to pay for newspapers these days?

Anyhow, the federal workers are pawns. Trump.is taking his talking point to fire up his base on their backs. People like simple, he gives them simple rather than effective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And some of those "ideas" for making money are unethical (stealing from hotel buffets) and illegal (having your children bawipe money.) And from an old person, who has cash money to pay for newspapers these days?

Anyhow, the federal workers are pawns. Trump.is taking his talking point to fire up his base on their backs. People like simple, he gives them simple rather than effective.

That post must have been a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And some of those "ideas" for making money are unethical (stealing from hotel buffets) and illegal (having your children bawipe money.) And from an old person, who has cash money to pay for newspapers these days?

Anyhow, the federal workers are pawns. Trump.is taking his talking point to fire up his base on their backs. People like simple, he gives them simple rather than effective.

That post must have been a joke.

I certainly hope so. Many Feds can’t get jobs without approval from their supervisors or departments - that can’t happen in a shutdown. And as to tapping your home equity - try starting the refinancing process with the IRS and FHA shut down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fake news today is running interviews with people crying about getting their paychecks delayed. What they fail to say is that these people are crying because they failed to maintain 3 months of emergency funds .

Fake news also fails to mention that these “broke” Feds have tons of options to pay their rent AND their utilities AND for their groceries.

Those options?

1. GET A JOB.
2. Go door-to-door offering to do odd jobs.
3. Head down to 7-11 and be a day laborer, putting the illegals out of business at the same time.
4. Hold a yard sale.
5. Make things and go sell them. Scarves. Cookies. Whatever.
6. Go look for free places like Residence Inn to eat breakfast. Take a container to fill up with eggs, sausage and bagels for lunch. There’s your two meals for the day.
7. Get a payday loan.
8. Tap your home equity.
9. Send your kids into places where people leave cash lying around on tables when they leave. Finders keepers.
10. Find piles of newspapers lying around abandoned. Go to say a Metro station and sell the papers below face value.

These are just TEN ideas for getting by without your paychecks, Feds. Is this work? Yeah. I think our borders are well worth it.

Selling scarves and cookies (which need ingredients to make, i.e. you have to spend money to be able to make them) will not generate enough cash to pay your next rent, buy groceries, pay off your student loan. And yard sales rarely make most people more than a couple hundred bucks. And after you've done that what do you do the next week? Or when you need to rebuy the things you sold?

And you are advocating that people including children steal food and people's hard-earned tips? You must be a Trump. Or a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fake news today is running interviews with people crying about getting their paychecks delayed. What they fail to say is that these people are crying because they failed to maintain 3 months of emergency funds .

Fake news also fails to mention that these “broke” Feds have tons of options to pay their rent AND their utilities AND for their groceries.

Those options?

1. GET A JOB.
2. Go door-to-door offering to do odd jobs.
3. Head down to 7-11 and be a day laborer, putting the illegals out of business at the same time.
4. Hold a yard sale.
5. Make things and go sell them. Scarves. Cookies. Whatever.
6. Go look for free places like Residence Inn to eat breakfast. Take a container to fill up with eggs, sausage and bagels for lunch. There’s your two meals for the day.
7. Get a payday loan.
8. Tap your home equity.
9. Send your kids into places where people leave cash lying around on tables when they leave. Finders keepers.
10. Find piles of newspapers lying around abandoned. Go to say a Metro station and sell the papers below face value.

These are just TEN ideas for getting by without your paychecks, Feds. Is this work? Yeah. I think our borders are well worth it.

Selling scarves and cookies (which need ingredients to make, i.e. you have to spend money to be able to make them) will not generate enough cash to pay your next rent, buy groceries, pay off your student loan. And yard sales rarely make most people more than a couple hundred bucks. And after you've done that what do you do the next week? Or when you need to rebuy the things you sold?

And you are advocating that people including children steal food and people's hard-earned tips? You must be a Trump. Or a troll.

Dont feed the troll.

[Anonymous]

It's not entirely really about the wall. It's about saving his own face. He's one of those who have a dictatorship personality. Anything he says goes. If he says he wants this, he wants it. Backing down will seem like he's losing, ego crushed, lose face.
Some people fail to see that it's all about him. See how he uses his power. Those are the ones that shouldn't be in power.

[Anonymous]

Call your congressmen/women and senators and tell them to vote for border security that includes a barrier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fake news today is running interviews with people crying about getting their paychecks delayed. What they fail to say is that these people are crying because they failed to maintain 3 months of emergency funds .

Fake news also fails to mention that these “broke” Feds have tons of options to pay their rent AND their utilities AND for their groceries.

Those options?

1. GET A JOB.
2. Go door-to-door offering to do odd jobs.
3. Head down to 7-11 and be a day laborer, putting the illegals out of business at the same time.
4. Hold a yard sale.
5. Make things and go sell them. Scarves. Cookies. Whatever.
6. Go look for free places like Residence Inn to eat breakfast. Take a container to fill up with eggs, sausage and bagels for lunch. There’s your two meals for the day.
7. Get a payday loan.
8. Tap your home equity.
9. Send your kids into places where people leave cash lying around on tables when they leave. Finders keepers.
10. Find piles of newspapers lying around abandoned. Go to say a Metro station and sell the papers below face value.

These are just TEN ideas for getting by without your paychecks, Feds. Is this work? Yeah. I think our borders are well worth it.

It is so nice that you have the luxury of not living paycheck to paycheck.