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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a GS-14, my husband is a contractor, we could afford several weeks of shutdown.  It would hurt (bad) but we could.

But, see, it's not about me.  It's about my GS-7 secretary who went on food stamps in 1996 during the last shutdown.  It's my GS-12 staff member who has two kids in college and is living pay check to paycheck to pay for those kids.

It's the thousands of hardworking Feds who are trapped in this political game between a bunch of rich, old white men (mostly).

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This.  Absolutely, this.  We are fine (not great - and our savings will get touched, which sucks) but not the people at lower levels.[/quote]

I hate that we are headed for a shutdown. And I really feel for people like your secretary. But OP isn't talking about her. There are lots of people who spend frivolously and then don't have money when it is needed.

I cannot tell you how many people I know who drive BMWs but don't contribute much to a 401(k). Or live in luxury buildings but don't have an emergency fund. Or who spend lots of money on expensive clothes. Those are the people who OP is talking about. They are not responsible. [/quote]

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