re: What the hell is going on with these federal workers?

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The prospect of going without 2 or more paychecks is highly stressful.

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I'm sure it is as I've said probably 5 times in the thread.

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To sum it up, go frick yourself.

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Mkay big guy. I'm glad you have enough saved, most don't. Thats a huge problem for this country and this shutdown is highlighting that.

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The average American has $15k in credit card debt and lives paycheck to paycheck, I am not surprised at all that they can’t make ends meet.

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While the narrative on the OT may make it seem different, a vast majority of this board probably falls into this category.

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While the narrative on the OT may make it seem different, a vast majority of this board probably falls into this category.

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Travel ball is expensive baw

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While the narrative on the OT may make it seem different, a vast majority of this board probably falls into this category.

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People are stupid and materialistic.

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I don't think it is necessarily that for everyone.

For a lot of people, shite is just expensive and missing a month of pay would cause tough decisions to be made.

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I'd be very careful shitting on people with the personal stuff they've shared here. You're eventually going to piss off the wrong person. You're not nearly as anonymous as you think you are

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Troof. Some one will doxx this guy eventually

I do partially agree with you, most americans should have enough saved up so that they could theoretically miss 3 paychecks and still be ok.

But then again, I am not there yet myself either. Im currently building up my savings. But if i missed 2 paychecks, I would be seriously fricked up. Im in Grad school, just got married, no kids, but wife has been out of work for 5 months. I have decent credit, still trying to build it up after making terrible decisions in college.

My goal is by 30 is to have 3 paychecks worth saved up. But i have 4 years until then. But until then, i know i know im a poor.

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So get a part time job. Not that hard

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What about the federal workers who are "essential" and can't get a part time job?

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But then again, I am not there yet myself either. Im currently building up my savings. But if i missed 2 paychecks, I would be seriously fricked up. Im in Grad school, just got married, no kids, but wife has been out of work for 5 months. I have decent credit, still trying to build it up after making terrible decisions in college.

My goal is by 30 is to have 3 paychecks worth saved up. But i have 4 years until then. But until then, i know i know im a poor.

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You'd ideally want to have minimum 3 months of expenses saved, more like 6 months.

But most of these people aren't like you. You have a spouse new to the workforce and you aren't in it yet. You would assume most of these people are older since they are government workers so they should have savings.

Build the Wall

Anyone older than 30 shoukd have back up funds