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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:22 PM Original message |
How are Government Employees Going to Pay Their Mortgages and Rent? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. A shockingly large number of Americans think this is just ducky |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I feel like we need to put a human face to this. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Yes, maybe that would help. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. The teaparty propaganda is that govt workers are useless and lazy |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It just drives me nuts they don't see the ripple effect here. It's not just D.C. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It is strange to me that they can't recognize the value of government services they receive. |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Are You Sure? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Did not see that, I was going by what I saw on O'Donnell "The Last Word" last night |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. They won't have to work unless they are |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Right, but, they still won't be paid either way. People need their paychecks to survive |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well that goes without saying |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. of course. they get paid no matter what. now I wonder about the quandry my sister must be in right |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm really worried about all these employees. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. Some may be eligible for unemployment if the shutdown lasts. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. If we do shut down, and it's more than a week, apparently I'm eligible for unemployment |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I hear you. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. If they shut down...will you go out and protest? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Tell your friends that going to work during a shutdown could result in their being fired |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, they may not necessarily go into work. but they will be writing letters from home |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. During the last gov't shutdown we were not allowed to work .... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. How are they going to pay their mortgages and rent when they are "cut"? |
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