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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Any fed made good money. They should have investments to ride through the layoff, change career, or retire unless they upgraded their life and got used to the new one. I invested my money on very low income, at times below minimum wage pay, and don't give a hoot about being laid off. That feds can get my minimum wage job and do what I did - invest some money and retired early. Surely someone eligible to a Fed job has the skills.

I never had stability at work - no contract, no benefits, rarely on time checks, checks that bounced, checks that were short, no punch in machine, no breaks in 10-12 hour shift, no holidays, no paid training, money sharing if an employee was added.
On a fed income, it would have taken only few years to invest into financial freedom unless some emergency wiped it all out. Many chose not to do that. It's a choice most often than not. I never had a chance to rely on my employer. Feds clearly learned to rely on theirs and here we are.[/quote]

Did you have a family?  Or was it just you?  Did you live in a LCOL area?  Because that makes a huge difference.  Raising a family in the DC area on a fed salary is not easy.  $600,000 for a middling townhouse in an area with middling schools.  It's not like there is excess to save.[/quote]

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