Many federal employees didn't get a paycheck this week due to the government shutdown.
My wife and I could go a year or more without dipping into our retirement savings, but we've been empty nesters for nearly a decade and our house has been long since paid off.
What if we were twenty or more years back in our lives?
Could we survive long without income while still working full-time in jobs deemed essential?
Things would be difficult to say the least.
I don't intend this as a political thread but rather a practical one.
The executive and the legislature must get together and arrive at some compromise.
Anything else is unacceptable in our nation.
Personnel deemed essential, like those working in TSA or BOP must not be expected to work without pay as they are now.
My wife and I could go a year or more without dipping into our retirement savings, but we've been empty nesters for nearly a decade and our house has been long since paid off.
What if we were twenty or more years back in our lives?
Could we survive long without income while still working full-time in jobs deemed essential?
Things would be difficult to say the least.
I don't intend this as a political thread but rather a practical one.
The executive and the legislature must get together and arrive at some compromise.
Anything else is unacceptable in our nation.
Personnel deemed essential, like those working in TSA or BOP must not be expected to work without pay as they are now.