sequester whining

[spdrun]

Bankrupt all of the government including the pigs running DC. Start from scratch.

[treehugger]

I am amazed at the callous and ignorant comments regarding the effects of sequestration. I am one of the tens of thousands of government employees who are facing the furlough and associated pay cuts associated with sequestration. 20% pay cut over the next 6 months.

Not fun.

I am lucky, we live within our means, husband has a good job, and I tend to have a lot of “discretionary” spending that I can stop. I would think that in the big picture that would effect the economy of SD. Thousands of government workers with pay cuts being cautious of going out to eat and other discretionary actions.

I have decided to get a real estate license, since that seems to be where the “respectable” money comes from. Well that and a personal trainer certificate, so I can legitimately kick people’s ass without getting arrested.

[SD Realtor]

I understand it is no fun.

Working in the private sector for AMCC I got no raise for 2 years before our group was entirely laid off. For 3 years before that I was an engineer at another start up before our entire group got laid off. In between I worked for IDT before our group got laid off. Also at IDT we had no raises and our vacation was reduced while I was there.

In 2009 I had a contract working for Rockwell Collins and the contract was terminated because the company was told the govt would not be funding that project.

While it is unfortunate for your husband it is a matter of fact that people in the private sector face transition like he is facing all of the time. It is hard but I dealt with it and I would presume he can as well.

Meanwhile while Americans lose work we just decided to fund the Syrian rebels with 60 million and we continue to send billions in “foreign aid” to other countries. Also thankfully we will stop stupid things like “flyovers” when military aircraft fly over sporting events. What is scary to me is that this is a very very small fraction of spending that is being reduced.

Again, it is unfortunate for you guys personally. However my personal experience has been that when I work for an entity that cannot borrow endless sums of money, they terminate mt employment. It was harsh. I apologize if I was callous.

[no_such_reality]

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[SD Realtor]

250 million just released to Egypt.

I guess we really didn’t need that money.

[zk]

[quote=CA renter][quote=no_such_reality]I prefer pictures.

[/quote]

They got the party wrong, though. It’s the republicans who’ve spent like drunken sailors while reducing taxes (even though there is NO correlation between lowering taxes and economic growth) at the same time![/quote]

Exactly. Put “borrow” instead of “tax” and an elephant instead of a donkey, and you’ve got the republican party.

[CA renter]

+ 1,000,000,000,000 (since we’re now dealing with trillions of dollars in debt, thanks to the wars, tax cuts, bank bailouts, etc.) zk.

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