Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of friends with government jobs here making more than private sector doing the same thing. They also get a location increase (since this is a high cost of living area)- and for some they get an allowance every month for living expenses. So we rented an apartment in the same building as a friend. His cost nothing out of pocket for him because it was in his "allotment" from the government. Ours cost almost $3k/month. We were dual income- he was single income- yet his spending power alone was much greater than ours for that very reason.
So when jobs like his get canned- or at the very least those benefits are reduced... don't you think that would be a bubble waiting to pop?
What kind of federal employee are you talking about? Our COLA is minimal and no one I know, except military, gets an "allowance" for living expenses.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of friends with government jobs here making more than private sector doing the same thing. They also get a location increase (since this is a high cost of living area)- and for some they get an allowance every month for living expenses. So we rented an apartment in the same building as a friend. His cost nothing out of pocket for him because it was in his "allotment" from the government. Ours cost almost $3k/month. We were dual income- he was single income- yet his spending power alone was much greater than ours for that very reason.
So when jobs like his get canned- or at the very least those benefits are reduced... don't you think that would be a bubble waiting to pop?
What kind of federal employee are you talking about? Our COLA is minimal and no one I know, except military, gets an "allowance" for living expenses.
Anonymous wrote:I see a lot of friends with government jobs here making more than private sector doing the same thing. They also get a location increase (since this is a high cost of living area)- and for some they get an allowance every month for living expenses. So we rented an apartment in the same building as a friend. His cost nothing out of pocket for him because it was in his "allotment" from the government. Ours cost almost $3k/month. We were dual income- he was single income- yet his spending power alone was much greater than ours for that very reason.
So when jobs like his get canned- or at the very least those benefits are reduced... don't you think that would be a bubble waiting to pop?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hopefully you're on well/septic b/c when that grid breaks down, you'll be self-sufficient for a bit longer than those on public.
Also, grow a garden and start canning!
How did we go from "I am buying at 1.4 mil house will we be affected by the Fed cuts" to the "start canning and stockpiling some wood, Apocalypse is coming! those depending on the grid will be screeweeed!"
better believe it
Stop living in your bubbles, people!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hopefully you're on well/septic b/c when that grid breaks down, you'll be self-sufficient for a bit longer than those on public.
Also, grow a garden and start canning!
How did we go from "I am buying at 1.4 mil house will we be affected by the Fed cuts" to the "start canning and stockpiling some wood, Apocalypse is coming! those depending on the grid will be screeweeed!"
Anonymous wrote:Hopefully you're on well/septic b/c when that grid breaks down, you'll be self-sufficient for a bit longer than those on public.
Also, grow a garden and start canning!
Anonymous wrote:OP here. 15:18, It's actually not a forever home. It has four bedrooms, but two are up, one is in basement (I wouldn't really even call it a bedroom) and master is on main. I don't think it'll work when we have baby number 3 in the next 5 years or so.
I've been waiting for this damned bubble to pop for 7 years. I wonder if perhaps it's not a bubble. So confused!