Time to be an entrepreneur. Work for yourself - if you are youngish. If you are over 45 and ACA gets axed, you won't be able to avoid health insurance.

If you are over 45, you're f'd.

Anonymous wrote:I am all for increasing efficiency and not tolerating poor performance (to be clear, I think those cases are uncommon), but it seems to be that a slower, more measured approach to reducing government size would’ve been more effective. I am genuinely confused when these huge swaths of people are supposed to find employment - especially when the private sector / contractors are also doing layoffs.

What is the plan? We as a country also can’t sustain a significant chunk of the population being out of work…

You sound rather simple..there is no plan other than to give a tax cut to the rich. Sounds like we have you to thank for it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

Plenty govvies are hustling, except we continue to do it beyond our 40 hours a week and we don’t get paid OT, time and a half, and we don’t have cushy union benefits

But believing in lies is probably how you got your sweet $20/hr gig, so, go you!!!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

Been there done that, got the law diploma.

Really??? Because I’ve never heard anyone with a law degree refer to it as a “law diploma”

Anonymous wrote:Same place fired IT workers should work when replaced by H1Bs

Go pick crops or take care of the snowflakes. And do it without health care.

So you want the guy who fired you to fire other people who attempted to regulate him. Makes total sense. If you’re Russian.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

When I was a young man I hustled for the minimum wage which was about $2.30 an hour. Because of this I studied hard, got good grades, received college scholarships, and grad school funding, eventually earning a PhD. Circa 1985 some friends from college were employed as high school math teachers, earning $17,000/year. None of us would have dreamed of fast food $20/hour wages, or $100,000/year teaching jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I kind of wonder what the enrollment impact will be on our public schools when families find themselves unable to afford private tuition too

That's one of the positive outcomes in my opinion. Private schools locally will tank, there are too many anyhow, and when you have educated parents reinvolved with public schools they will flourish.

Plus, super easy to become a substitute teacher to make a least part of the money to pay bills.

I agree. Less privates = better education.

Given the amount of rejections posted in the Private School forum the past two weeks, it doesn't seem like those schools are worried about tanking anytime soon.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Probably in the service jobs mass deportation will free up. Literally, that’s the only thing I can come up with and it’s grim.

My kid works at Target and has hardly gotten any hours the past few weeks. Corporate keeps cutting payroll because they aren't making their sales goals.

A friend owns a local shop, and she let go all of her employees except for her manager. She, her sister (co-owner), and the store manager are running things now. I expect to see this a lot more with local establishments. It makes me sad.

I even noticed Wegmans isn't working as many employees on the weekends as in the past.

The economy is hurting all types of businesses. If people don't spend, there's no need to have an employee in those service industry jobs.

There's a mass layoff coming soon. No one knows when or if they'll be included in it. We only know that it is absolutely coming and probably soon. Who can spend in this situation? I'm spending as though I've been laid off already just to be safe and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Same with dentist- saying they’ve had a lot of cancellations in the last two weeks.

Interesting. I work as esthetician and my spa has been so busy the last two weeks. Tried to get dinner reservations in Georgetown the other night and every nice restaurant was booked solid. People are still spending money from what I can see at least in this part of the DMV.

Same place fired IT workers should work when replaced by H1Bs

Go pick crops or take care of the snowflakes. And do it without health care.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

If you have an advanced degree and work for the government, you have an intense job with a substandard salary, typical benefits, and a pension that is worth roughly what you pay into it.

But someone who makes $20/hr probably doesn’t know anything about what it’s like to have an advanced degree and work for the government.

Had me right until the bolded.
The arrogance is breathtaking.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

If you have an advanced degree and work for the government, you have an intense job with a substandard salary, typical benefits, and a pension that is worth roughly what you pay into it.

But someone who makes $20/hr probably doesn’t know anything about what it’s like to have an advanced degree and work for the government.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

Try upgrading to a government job.

Anonymous wrote:Elder care? Could be affected by Medicaid cuts but the demand for the services will always be there. Chronically understaffed and the squeeze on immigrants is making labor shortages even worse. Not glamorous, not well paying but would serve a critical need in our society.

There is a correlation between these 2 things and I don’t think laid off feds are going to flock to the eldercare profession.

First, many feds who are taking the voluntary buyouts are older themselves. I don’t see a bunch of 60 year olds signing up to take care of 80 year olds.

Second, younger feds, the cost of childcare is crushing. I’m guessing whatever an eldercare job pays would be swallowed up by what I pay for childcare for 3 kids.

There is a very small subgroup of people who may consider moving into an eldercare job, but the low pay is going to be a deterrent. Especially if Medicaid is no longer going to reimburse.

Sorry boomers, but no one is going to want to take care of you for peanuts. You’re about to get what you voted for.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1.5 million people lost their job in like a 60 day period in Financial Crisis and I dont recall anyone in Govt caring

114 million people lost their job in 2020 due to Covid and I dont recall govt workers caring.

I was out of work in Covid with two kids in college laid off and I recall govt workers on the block throwing parties, going to their beach house, sleeping in late swimming in their pool getting full pay for doing nothing all day.

Even if every Fed lost their job there are only 2 million. A rounding error compared to Covid or Financial Crisis.

I realize this is a fact less post, but I know 0 Feds who have beach homes or swimming pools, unless the homes were inherited from families, or the pools are attached to older homes acquired before Covid. Feds are generally the poorer families in the dinky homes.

Not. Even. Close.

You guys have a cushy job with a cushy retirement with a sweet pension.

Try hustling at $20/hr.

Been there done that, got the law diploma.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I kind of wonder what the enrollment impact will be on our public schools when families find themselves unable to afford private tuition too

That's one of the positive outcomes in my opinion. Private schools locally will tank, there are too many anyhow, and when you have educated parents reinvolved with public schools they will flourish.

Plus, super easy to become a substitute teacher to make a least part of the money to pay bills.

I agree. Less privates = better education.