The Fiscal Cliff

[Moliere]

Well, there is one thing the law makers do agree on... to give the 800,000 furloughed workers backpay for staying home and watching re-runs of Oprah:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...523_story.html

So to a Federal worker, this is simply extended paid time off? If I were on that payroll I'd be hoping they don't reach a compromise for another week or two.

[Uncle Ted]

So to a Federal worker, this is simply extended paid time off? If I were on that payroll I'd be hoping they don't reach a compromise for another week or two.

Yeah, I would be taking a nice hike into one of those closed national parks. All the best camping/fishing spots are most likely open.

[Bo Diddley]

So to a Federal worker, this is simply extended paid time off? If I were on that payroll I'd be hoping they don't reach a compromise for another week or two.

I'm sure this is what they're hoping for, but since they already had time off without pay this year, they're probably freaking out about lost wages right now. I know quite a few people this affects, and they're just trying to figure out how to manage without money.

[SandYFan]

I'm sure this is what they're hoping for, but since they already had time off without pay this year, they're probably freaking out about lost wages right now. I know quite a few people this affects, and they're just trying to figure out how to manage without money.

Yeah, if you're living paycheck to paycheck this probably sucks. Of course, considering the average pay for a federal employee is $78,000, it can't be too hard to have some savings.

Just hard for me to feel sorry for these guys when there are so many unemployed or underemployed people out there.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...html?nopager=1

I found this column pretty interesting. It doesn't say much about Obama until the very end.

It appears as if Cheney and Rumsfeld's idea regarding Iraq was to go in, remove Saddam, and replace him with someone that would be friendlier to the US. I can't imagine that would have turned out any better than what actually happened which seems to have been Bush and Rice's idea (hey, let's try to establish a democracy amongst a bunch of people that are basically living in the 10th century!).

What's most interesting however is the part about Bill Clinton. It speaks volumes about why Bill Clinton was able to do what he did with a GOP congress. But it's also an indictment of Obama's inability to forge relationships and, correspondingly, his inability to work with Congress.

[Surfah]

Yeah, if you're living paycheck to paycheck this probably sucks. Of course, considering the average pay for a federal employee is $78,000, it can't be too hard to have some savings.

Just hard for me to feel sorry for these guys when there are so many unemployed or underemployed people out there.

$78,000 goes real far in DC.

[imanihonjin]

$78,000 goes real far in DC.

I know you are being facetious, but while you will not live high on the hog on $78k in DC, you won't be in the poor house either. I did it for a couple of years right our of law school and was able to make student loan payments and put money into savings all while putting meals on the table and a roof over our heads. We were and are a single income family.

[Surfah]

I know you are being facetious, but while you will not live high on the hog on $78k in DC, you won't be in the poor house either. I did it for a couple of years right our of law school and was able to make student loan payments and put money into savings all while putting meals on the table and a roof over our heads. We were and are a single income family.

More than facetious. I just think trite responses like SandYFan's are complete bullshit. Especially coming from someone who talks like a conservative. You make enough, I don't feel sorry for you. That's not far from limiting the income of CEOs or the profits of business.

[imanihonjin]

More than facetious. I just think trite responses like SandYFan's are complete bullshit. Especially coming from someone who talks like a conservative. You make enough, I don't feel sorry for you. That's not far from limiting the income of CEOs or the profits of business.

I don't want to speak out of turn, but I didn't get the same out of reading what he had to say. All he was saying was that if you make $78k you should have been able to sock a little bit away for a rainy day fund and if you didn't, well then sucks to be you. I didn't get anything from his post about limiting salaries or anything of the sort. Perhaps you have a prior history with his posts and know where he is coming from though.

[Flystripper]

More than facetious. I just think trite responses like SandYFan's are complete bullshit. Especially coming from someone who talks like a conservative. You make enough, I don't feel sorry for you. That's not far from limiting the income of CEOs or the profits of business.

I read it the way you did and was going to respond similarly. Thanks for taking care of that.

[Katy Lied]

I know you are being facetious, but while you will not live high on the hog on $78k in DC, you won't be in the poor house either. I did it for a couple of years right our of law school and was able to make student loan payments and put money into savings all while putting meals on the table and a roof over our heads. We were and are a single income family.

Good heavens. imanihonjin is an attorney?

[Indy Coug]

Good heavens. imanihonjin is an attorney?

The prosecution rests.

[SandYFan]

More than facetious. I just think trite responses like SandYFan's are complete bullshit. Especially coming from someone who talks like a conservative. You make enough, I don't feel sorry for you. That's not far from limiting the income of CEOs or the profits of business.

Heh, I'm just saying people deal with lost employment every day. Federal employees should not be exempt from this reality.

I'm not rooting for it to happen, but if it does, it does.

[imanihonjin]

Good heavens. imanihonjin is an attorney?

Yeah, and what of it?

[Pelado]

Good heavens. imanihonjin is an attorney?

Yeah, and what of it?

Good thing you clarified. I was going to point out that just because you were out of law school didn't mean that you were an attorney...

I know you are being facetious, but while you will not live high on the hog on $78k in DC, you won't be in the poor house either. I did it for a couple of years right our of law school and was able to make student loan payments and put money into savings all while putting meals on the table and a roof over our heads. We were and are a single income family.