Federal Workers, Some in 'Panic Mode,' Share Shutdown Fears on Social Media

[TomCADem]

Well, who are you going to believe? Federal workers and contractors who depend on their weekly paychecks or the Liar in Chief?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-workers-some-in-%E2%80%98panic-mode%E2%80%99-share-shutdown-fears-on-social-media/ar-BBRt6nw?li=BBnbcA1

A Department of Transportation worker in Missouri picked up cashier shifts at Barnes & Noble. A paralegal for the Justice Department in Texas stopped using her “gas-guzzling” pickup truck and pulled her motorcycle out of storage. An air traffic controller in California is avoiding any purchases that aren’t vital.

As the government shutdown stretched into its fifth day on Wednesday, federal employees and contract workers across the country described a holiday season marred by increasing financial worries. Some 800,000 federal employees have either been furloughed or will continue to work without pay during the partial shutdown, and it’s unclear how long it will last. Twitter became a platform for them to share growing anxieties and fears, using the hashtag #ShutdownStories.

Many declined to identify themselves publicly, so their stories could not be confirmed. Yet their tales of hardship spread widely. One man said he became homeless; he broke his lease in anticipation of moving to another state to train for a new federal job — and the training was canceled. Another described having to terminate a family member’s caregiver as funds dwindled. Several talked of forgoing or returning Christmas gifts.

Julie Burr, 49, an administrative assistant at the Department of Transportation in Kansas City, Mo., said “panic mode” had set in. She is a single mother and a contract worker who is not getting paid during the shutdown. Her last paycheck will arrive on Jan. 16, and it will be 24 hours short of its regular amount.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-collusion-end-shutdown-wall-funding-problem-treasury/story?id=60010837

Trump claims 'many' furloughed or unpaid federal workers want wall, support gov't shutdown

President Donald Trump argued Tuesday that federal workers support his position in the fight with Democrats over billions of dollars in funding for the border wall, four days into a partial government shutdown with no clear end in sight.

"Many of those workers have said to me and communicated, ‘stay out until you get the funding for the wall,’" he said, when asked for his message to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers either furloughed or working without pay.

"These federal workers want the wall,” he added. “The only one that doesn't want the wall are the Democrats.”

After speaking to American troops deployed around the world on Christmas, Trump said that he would be open to meeting with congressional leaders, but said he didn't know when the government would be reopened.

[lapfog_1]

1. I learned to hate Republicans because of Government shutdowns

"The two shutdowns of 1995 and 1995–96 were the result of conflicts between Democratic President Bill Clinton and the Republican Congress over funding for Medicare, education, the environment, and public health in the 1996 federal budget. The government shut down after Clinton vetoed the spending bill the Republican Party-controlled Congress sent him. Government workers were furloughed and non-essential services suspended during November 14–19, 1995, and from December 16, 1995, to January 6, 1996, for a total of 27 days. The major players were President Clinton and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States#1995%E2%80%931996

I was a contractor... and I wasn't ever paid for the forced "vacation".

The first time I was living more or less paycheck to paycheck and was forced to borrow money from parents and friends to get by.

The second time I banked all of my vacation time (because I wasn't going to be burned again)... but it still hurt... plus I couldn't go on vacation the previous summer like I had planned.

I was never a Republican, but my family was... so I didn't "hate" them... but the "Contract ON America" made me hate them... and the shutdowns only cemented that hatred.

[Hekate]

2. I remember Newt Gingrich all too well. IMO he was the father of all shutdowns. nt

[John Fante]

3. Dumbfuck l'orange said that many federal workers told him

to hold out for the wall. He wasn't stretching the truth now, was he?

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Lying Liar and no one calls him out.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. But, some Republican Congressman said nobody lived

paycheck to paycheck. Who you going to believe?

[llmart]

6. Dumbass Dump...

has this notion that all federal government employees are Republican??? What an ass.

My son is a lifelong Democrat and works for the federal government and is affected by the shutdown. I can guarantee you that he does not want a stupid wall.

[Solly Mack]

7. I know a few dozen federal employees, my husband being one, and not a single one

of them support the government shutdown. Not even the Trumpers.