re: You telling me these federal workers are out of money and can't eat ??

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How did we get here as a society?

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What do you mean? Go back 80 years ago and most people were impoverished. I’m willing to bet the paycheck to paycheck percentage was far higher.

We are talking about the poor poor federal workers who may not get paid on schedule, but will get paid and have a shite ton of job rights that regular workers don't. That makes up for the known risk of a shut down when they took the job.

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Where do you suppose they get the resources to build an emergency fund?

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Work. They have 100 or more hours a week to work and earn money. If you can’t survive without one to four paychecks you are in a financial crisis and should spend every waking hour scrapping to save. Or you can fricking whine and go hungry..you don’t think they’ve wasted either time or more directly money they could have saved at some point in the past?

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Work.

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Or...

Income?

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Or... Income?

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Point? You asked how much they make now..I said what’s that matter. It doesn’t, what matters is what they saved before now..

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And none of them are going to be happy going to work not knowing when they'll be paid for it.

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Good lord, it's part of being a plumber, AC installer, electrician, mechanic, etc. They all know that big jobs will in many instances be paid over time and think nothing of it.

Why would I hire someone who is going to return to his job when the shutdown is over?

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Some live paycheck to paycheck so missing just one could certainly hurt them.

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I promise everyone they owe money to would be willing to help them with extensions and such.

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Regardless the idea of having to work for virtually free is a pretty asinine idea.

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They will be paid for their work.

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And the government has been shut down for far more then a week

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So they should have been preparing for this as they have only missed one paycheck

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Correct, and they know when they'll be paid...

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No, much of the time they don't, unless my father in law and mechanic are lying to me. They'll wait and work with the customer. The federal workers know they are going to get paid and collect 100% whereas the plumber, mechanic and AC guy hope they get 100%.

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You telling me these federal workers are out of money and can't eat ??
After just one paycheck? You don't have any more money? One lady on ABC said she had to go sell her plasma!
WTF people .. You didn't save anything?

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Honestly, that is not the point. Folks live as they live.

The point Ross raised was valid. His point is furloughed workers could borrow at a very low rate against a US government obligation. There is no reason in hell furloughed workers should be out of money and can't eat.

Were the MSM honest, helpful, and viewer friendly, they'd shout Ross's observation from the tallest rooftops.

Instead, they solely eviscerate him for his "insensitivity".