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01-07-2019, 10:20 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: DuPage County IL
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Originally Posted by Just_Steve
Smaller govt, works for me.
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if they're non-essential tgen why do we need them in the first place?
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01-07-2019, 11:01 PM
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#22
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Seattle
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Originally Posted by RenoJay
>>>If the moderators feel this topic breaches policy, please accept my apologies and remove the thread.<<<
I was walking around today and had the thought, "Is the government still shut down?" and I realized that I literally haven't noticed any change in my daily life. Just curious what affect it's had on others?
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I think it affected me positively. Everyone else must have been scared to submit their passport for renewal in case of stuck in purgatory so I got my renewal back in about three weeks, including Christmas/NY !
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01-07-2019, 11:25 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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The longer this drags on, the more obvious this becomes.
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01-07-2019, 11:47 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Bernalillo, NM
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I don't think this forum is the place to bash federal workers. There are many Federal retirees and workers on this thread. The OP did not ask your opinion of your fellow members of this site.
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01-08-2019, 02:16 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Other than listening to forum member bitch no I haven’t been affected
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01-08-2019, 03:33 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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I don't think anyone is bashing federal workers in this thread.
The shutdown hasn't effected us personally and I am hopeful some value will come from this.
PS I spent Saturday attending the funeral of Ronil Singh. I highly recommend watching the YouTube video of the Modesto PD speaker. He was also the first speaker.
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01-08-2019, 04:02 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I'm woke enough to realize we're all connected. Even though I can't point to a specific, I know it is affecting us, and will grow in impact.
I don't have a specific example of being affected by shutdown, but I there is unrealized effect. For example, tax business where I expect to put in 200 hours work will be chaotic. IRS may have as many as 90% of its employees on furlough. It's going to have impact.
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01-08-2019, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Vacation4us
I don't think anyone is bashing federal workers in this thread.
The shutdown hasn't effected us personally and I am hopeful some value will come from this.
PS I spent Saturday attending the funeral of Ronil Singh. I highly recommend watching the YouTube video of the Modesto PD speaker. He was also the first speaker.
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Some of us work with federal and defense workers. Even have a few in the family. Jokes about non-essential workers are offensive.
The employer tags workers as non-essential. When they go home to their families, they are very essential.
I'm fortunate to work in defense, where there is no shutdown.
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01-08-2019, 04:16 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: Michigan
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Not directly, but I hate what I am hearing about troubles in the national parks.
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01-08-2019, 04:31 AM
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Fortunately, DoD's funding was approved separately last fall. Your tax dollars are still funding military, DoD civilians, and many, many contractors who work to defend us all.
(I mean, those in the Federal workforce could say, during employment downturns, "Hmph, so, some anonymous megacorp people are out of work? They were mostly hired because they're related to the bosses...don't do anything but make power points and go on trips anyway." But that would be ignorant).
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Originally Posted by target2019
Some of us work with federal and defense workers. Even have a few in the family. Jokes about non-essential workers are offensive.
I'm fortunate to work in defense, where there is no shutdown.
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01-08-2019, 04:36 AM
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We went through TSA on Friday. SIL yesterday. The only change we could tell was that it all seemed a bit faster to go through security.
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01-08-2019, 04:40 AM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Sincere good luck. Hopefully this will blow over quickly. In case you missed this, check out the this link for an update as of 1 Jan 8, for some of the potential effects. http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ml#post2169470
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01-08-2019, 04:54 AM
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For all the metaphorical forests of paper and barrels of ink spent on what is going on in DC, my state and town government have a far greater and more immediate impact on my finances and my personal life in general. That said, I do w*rk collaboratively on some cases with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and our joint cases currently are affected by the shutdown.
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01-08-2019, 04:58 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Des Moines
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Originally Posted by DrRoy
Not directly, but I hate what I am hearing about troubles in the national parks.
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Me too.
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01-08-2019, 05:03 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Originally Posted by skipro33
The longer this drags on, the more obvious this becomes.
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Wouldn't it be nice if after this ends (and our borders are more secure) they use some of our tax dollars to CONFIRM/figure out what portion of the government is no longer needed (or was never needed in the first place) AND THEN TERMINATE IT. Yes, I realize terminate means firing people. It happens. Ask a Sears or GE employee.
If that occurs, this exercise was more valuable than anyone could have imagined.
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01-08-2019, 05:12 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Who is this "they"?  If "they" are using tax dollars, then you've just created more government 
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Originally Posted by phil1ben
Wouldn't it be nice if after this ends (and our borders are more secure) they use some of our tax dollars to CONFIRM/figure out what portion of the government is no longer needed (or was never needed in the first place) AND THEN TERMINATE IT. Yes, I realize terminate means firing people. It happens. Ask a Sears or GE employee.
If that occurs, this exercise was more valuable than anyone could have imagined.
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01-08-2019, 05:33 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Yes.
Helping my sister with an IRS issue. She received a correspondence from them but there is no one at the IRS to answer any questions.
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01-08-2019, 05:40 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Columbia, SC
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I was an Essential Employee before I retired and went through shutdowns. It bothered me because the Non-Essentials got a free vacation out of it while I had to work. Everyone always got paid.
As to the shutdown affecting me now...it does not affect me at all. I also think the media is playing this thing up.
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01-08-2019, 05:41 AM
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They were running one TSA precheck at ATL.
Eftps.gov still up and runnng happy to take my Q4 estimated tax payment.
Uh-oh DH needs to renew his passport this year.
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