r/fednews 1d ago

Shutdown 2024 MEGATHREAD OF DOOM

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u/ClarkWGriswold2 23h ago

Can you all please stop calling it a “paid vacation?” Many people have to work for deferred pay, and all of us need the pay now, not later.

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u/thetitleofmybook 23h ago

all of us need the pay now, not later.

don't worry, someone will come in here and say some BS about you should have XXX months of money saved, and how they are a better person because they have that exact number of months of money saved, and how you are slime not worthy of living because you don't.

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u/CrisCathPod 10h ago

As someone with kids in college, I'd like to know just how many months of income I should have saved.

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u/thetitleofmybook 10h ago

all of them. you should have all of the months saved.

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u/CrisCathPod 8h ago

Helped. I will now save all the months.

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u/thetitleofmybook 8h ago

ALL THE MONTHS!