How many people rooted for, cheered, or told you you deserved it?

I never understood the I suffered therefore you should too mentality.

I'm sorry to hear you are shutting your doors dp. That sucks. I hope your when your next chapter is written it includes riding a wave of an economy that is on fire and mucho profit.

teedubbya wrote:

Gringo, I have no ill will toward you or your family. I'm sure that you work hard and do your job with pride. With that said, government employees have been insulated from the pain and suffering the rest of us have gone through these past years. I personally have taken a 60% pay cut over the past 4 years (near poverty level), hoping to somehow keep the doors open until this recession turns around. I've lost the battle, and will have to close my doors in a few months. My family has had to do without medical insurance as it's just not affordable. Our life savings are almost gone. Over that same period of time, my property taxes have jumped from $5,800 to over $7,000. The tax payers are suffering, yet our teachers and other public officials continue to get yearly pay increases at our expense.

Don't expect me to shed a tear, now that some government employees are finally getting a tiny taste of the suffering many of us have had to endure. To those of us who have burdened the blunt of this recession, the sob stories we hear from the "sequested" are laughable at best. Personally, they anger me, as the ones crying these tears come across as protected elitists that think they shouldn't have to give up anything, while those paying their salaries can barely get by.

dpnewell wrote:

Gringo, I have no ill will toward you or your family. I'm sure that you work hard and do your job with pride. With that said, government employees have been insulated from the pain and suffering the rest of us have gone through these past years. I personally have taken a 60% pay cut over the past 4 years (near poverty level), hoping to somehow keep the doors open until this recession turns around. I've lost the battle, and will have to close my doors in a few months. My family has had to do without medical insurance as it's just not affordable. Our life savings are almost gone. Over that same period of time, my property taxes have jumped from $5,800 to over $7,000. The tax payers are suffering, yet our teachers and other public officials continue to get yearly pay increases at our expense.

Don't expect me to shed a tear, now that some government employees are finally getting a tiny taste of the suffering many of us have had to endure. To those of us who have burdened the blunt of this recession, the sob stories we hear from the "sequested" are laughable at best. Personally, they anger me, as the ones crying these tears come across as protected elitists that think they shouldn't have to give up anything, while those paying their salaries can barely get by.

dpnewell wrote:

So you're mad at us no matter our response to you purposely taking a tone I don't ever remembered you taking with anyone. I poked back not knowing if it was a joke or you'd gone off the deep end.

I don't like shenanigans at the expense of people at large here. With an individual or a post sure, but this?

Sad.

I'm done here.

ZRX1200 wrote:

The government needs to get it's finances in order, ease the tax burden, and shrink in many ways.

gringococolo wrote:

gringococolo, there is hope for you. I loved my job and the people I worked with, however since retiring I have been stupid happy. Why? Because I no longer have to suffer the total mind numbing working conditions of a government installation.

Gene363 wrote:

First of all I never complained about loosing money. I complained about the idea that people will have suffer because of this stupid sequester idea.

Second is it government employees fault they were "insulated"?

Third is it really compassionate to wish others, due to no fault of their own, suffer as you have?

Fourth can you actually blame someone for wanting to protect their pay?

Fifth not every business in the private sector has suffered, several have boomed.

Sixth the only federal employees you should blame for the failures or slowdown in your business are the congress and the last two presidents.

I just don't see the justification.

I really don't have a choice but to have a federal job in my line of work. I get offers from the private sector (from former service members usually) employees trying to hire me all the time.

gringococolo wrote:

Obama Cone of Protection: get some!

HockeyDad wrote:

If I had to pin numbers to percentages of lazy or entitled. Lets see. 10% - 20% militant entitled, included in the militant column is lazy total percentage between the two around 15% to 25%. The average workers that just come, do their job and go home, 40% to 60%. The ones that come to work and try and go above and beyond, 20% to 25%. Breakdown over simplified: 25% lazy/entitled, 50% average do their job nothing more, 25% doing the best they can in a job that normally doesn't reward efficiency. Based on observation, not scientific.

gringococolo wrote:

I could sure use a waffle cone stuffed with a couple scoops of buttered pecan.... 😟

DrafterX wrote: