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It is not being insensitive it is simply reality.  I'm the one that started the housing comment and YES, both my DH and I are in a worse position than the feds because we work for private industry. They don't furlough us, they TERMINATE our EMPLOYMENT. I would take a furlough over a termination, but that is not our reality being in the private sector. Furlough is a gift in this climate. The private sector is crushed and people in this area have been running for years to the government and government contractors for cover, now there is no safe haven. No jobs to be had a contractors or private industry. You think a private sector employee will find work now? Please.

Yes, I will speculate over the bubble. The bad economy has come our way, and I can assure you the rest of the nation is weeping crocodile tears for our plight. [b]The rest of the nation would like to see Federal employees and contractors burned alive at the stake[/b]. This has been their reality for 5 years now. Hopefully people have taken advantage of the bloated spending since 2001 and saved their money. No one thought the band would just play on forever, did they? Even if they kick the can down the road, which of course will happen after they stop with their posturing and calling each other "dumb", then it is still a long sick painful process before the chicken comes home to roost.

I would not be so sure about that statement.  The same people who have been wishing gloom and doom and spearheading voodoo talks against federal employment and employees are now squirming and saying, but not in my backyard.  The Governor of Florida has been stating for a couple of days now that the sequestration is going to seriously hurt Florida.  Between the military bases and cuts in FEMA, I can see Florida going through a whole lot of hurting during hurricane season.  And was it Utah who said that 1/3 of their economy depended on some military base there.  I am assuming, but I can certainly be wrong, that the 1/3 are not all federal employees, but the likes of mechanics, cashiers, hair stylist, electricians, etc. who depend on government workers spreading their largess throughout the overall economy.  
This will impact every single person in the DMV. Even if you do not directly benefit from government and defense spending, you are ignorant to think you don't. We are going to get squeezed by higher taxes on the state, local, and fed levels, while continuing to lose our jobs in droves.
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