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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The responses on this thread have me truly worried about the intelligence levels of federal workers.

As has been pointed out many times, the point of this thread is not about whether the shutdown is good or bad, or fair or unfair to federal workers. Op and others are in agreement that the shutdown is bad and unfair.

The issue is the number of people with six figure incomes who literally claim they cannot go without a paycheck for a few weeks because they do not have enough savings.[/quote]

I will say that a six figure income in DC is not the same as in other places.  Housing costs eat up so many people's extra money here.
When I lived in Atlanta I made a high five figure income and was saving like 2 and 3k a month plus I had a very nice house that spent like $150k for.  My mortgage was very low.

Now I make six figures and I save less since living here.  It's much harder for me to save here because my mortgage is a lot higher. It's pretty hard to find a decent home here for $150k.  I know because I looked for months trying to find a fixer upper.  I'll be fine though because I have three months of expenses saved up but it still sucks.

Now I do agree that folks need to save better.  There is a risk of a shut down every year.  People need to have savings beforehand.  I don't know why folks haven't learned from the past years risk.  Plus with all the talk of furloughs and RIFs, people need to  definitely have a rainey day fund these days.  I can bet that the same folks whining this year about being broke because of the shutdown will be whining next year for the same reason.[/quote]

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