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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm split on this. I'm glad that there are resources available for people who need them.

On the other hand, I've been reading a lot of articles lately about how so many feds are out of money and need the government to reopen so they can get another paycheck to eat and pay rent. If you are living paycheck to paycheck as a Fed you are doing something very wrong.

-Fed who saved for (lots of) rainy days and doesn't need assistance[/quote]

I think you have to realize that there are many feds who make modest checks  
There are relatively more GS 11-GS 15 feds in the DMV who are earning more money ($90-160,000) but many of these workers might not have a huge emergency fund either.   I know people who entered government service in their late 20s or even early 30s after earning a Ph.D or law degree. Many years are spent diverting every extra dollar to student loans, daycare costs ($24k a year in the DMV), saving for a down payment for an expensive DMV house etc. The first 10 years can be very tight [/quote]

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