How is the gov. shutdown affecting you specifically?

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  • dcarr67
    dcarr67 Posts: 1,403
    I would comment but I was warned yesterday for starting a similar thread that spiraled a different direction.

    Oh well, I am out of work until there is a deal. MFP is the least of my worries.

    FYI- I am an aviation safety inspector with the FAA- there is no oversite on the airline industry right now. The news just seems more concerned about national parks.

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  • Reedern
    Reedern Posts: 525 Member
    I would comment but I was warned yesterday for starting a similar thread that spiraled a different direction.

    Oh well, I am out of work until there is a deal. MFP is the least of my worries.

    FYI- I am an aviation safety inspector with the FAA- there is no oversite on the airline industry right now. The news just seems more concerned about national parks.

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    Good to know... Sorry about your situation.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    It's messing with my whole area ( living in the area surrounding Washington D.C.). The neighbor across the street have been barbecuing since Sunday nonstop as in every meal and keeps inviting me over. The guy two doors down washed all 4 of his cars yesterday causing too much water on the road.
    My community gym all the sudden is constantly packed through out the day, that sweet time spot between 8-9 is not empty anymore.
    Also, trash collecting going to stop next week.

    If this goes on for more than a week I foresee a business vs government employees showdown.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Does that mean Barry and Michelle can't take another vacation to come see me?
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    I can finally take a break from paying taxes for those on welfare that abuses it.:devil:

    Actually you still have to pay taxes. And welfare checks are already covered until November.

    The people not getting paid are the actual government workers.
  • dcarr67
    dcarr67 Posts: 1,403
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.

    Than dont read or post JO
  • Reedern
    Reedern Posts: 525 Member
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.

    Than dont read or post JO

    Exactly..... ignorance to the fullest
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I would comment but I was warned yesterday for starting a similar thread that spiraled a different direction.

    Oh well, I am out of work until there is a deal. MFP is the least of my worries.

    FYI- I am an aviation safety inspector with the FAA- there is no oversite on the airline industry right now. The news just seems more concerned about national parks.

    That is all...Continue

    You got a warning for your post...dear God bunch of sensitive Nellys. Next time start a sexually provocative post those warnings are a lot more fun.
  • tmpecus78
    tmpecus78 Posts: 1,206 Member
    Pornhub seems to moving slower since the shutdown

    LMAO
  • cng31183
    cng31183 Posts: 126 Member
    I can't browse the NASA website anymore :frown:
  • tmpecus78
    tmpecus78 Posts: 1,206 Member
    Does that mean Barry and Michelle can't take another vacation to come see me?

    they'll be in asia next week
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.

    Than dont read or post JO

    Exactly..... ignorance to the fullest

    im talking about in real life!
    i cant walk around with my fingers in my ears all day going "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!"
    i gots things to do!
  • wfp76
    wfp76 Posts: 26
    It Just Annoys Me!!
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.

    Than dont read or post JO

    Exactly..... ignorance to the fullest

    im talking about in real life!
    i cant walk around with my fingers in my ears all day going "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!"
    i gots things to do!

    You could but people will look at you like you're weird.
  • almc170
    almc170 Posts: 1,093 Member
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.
    Well twerking still seems to be trending, if that helps.
  • mrsjones2point0
    mrsjones2point0 Posts: 332 Member
    A campsite I reserved for this weekend is now closed. Hope I get a refund. Matter of fact...can we get a refund for all the days the govt. is shut down? I paid...but they're not working...so...refund? :smile: #wishfulthinking

    I just asked someone that exact same question - we should get a tax credit for these days that we are paying for gov't service and not receiving it!!!
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    It has zero effect on me. I'm self employed so regardless of whether or not the Government is running I still have to work and pay my taxes.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    I can't browse the NASA website anymore :frown:

    cdc had limited browsing capabilities. I wonder if they are still monitoring voyager I hope so because thats friggin cool
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.
    Well twerking still seems to be trending, if that helps.

    ooooo excellent idea...thanks!
    *lights candles and takes out bacardi 151*
  • almc170
    almc170 Posts: 1,093 Member
    for me, it means people want to talk about this as a topic of conversation and i'd really rather not discuss it. so i find that annoying. it's awful.
    Well twerking still seems to be trending, if that helps.

    ooooo excellent idea...thanks!
    *lights candles and takes out bacardi 151*
    rock on!
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    I can finally take a break from paying taxes for those on welfare that abuses it.:devil:
    No, Congress is still getting paid.

    Ugh I forgot about them morons.

    Ha! I wish! Unfortunately taxes still have to be paid regardless of whether or not the government shuts down. Hoooray for quarterlies!!!!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    So far it hasn't affected me directly but I know it's just a matter of time.

    On a not-that-important note, my fiancé and I are getting married in two weeks and our wedding trip was supposed to include two park sites that will probably be shut down because of it :-/
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
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  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    My husband is suppose to get paid (military) but we hear he wont get all of it which will make it where we cant pay all our bills. So very nervous.
  • Justkeepswimmin
    Justkeepswimmin Posts: 777 Member
    My husband gets service related disability. It's taken over 10 months for them to put our daughter back on as a dependent ... maybe it'll take an additional 10 months for them to finish because of the shut down? We were told about a "year" under last years "normal" circumstances, so I wasn't counting on it any day soon. (Because the government has proven so functional in this regard I am excited/terrified to see what lies ahead for healthcare....)

    We are blessed that my husband can support us without it, but it does effect the amount we are able to give to charity and church, and if the shut down goes on long enough It could effect if we decide to keep health insurance or just pay the penalty and pay doctors cash for my daughter and I.... this also depends on how much our premiums are going to go up (waiting to find that one out.)
    which also depends on our severely dysfunctional government.

    I don't know if his service disability check will come next month, but it would be worth it for us to not get it .... EVER AGAIN if that would actually mean a balanced budget and leaner government. That would require sacrifice from everyone because as a country we've been living a bit too beyond our means for a bit too long, so I doubt that will happen.
  • phred_52
    phred_52 Posts: 189 Member
    it isn't. Me personally, let the shutdown last for uhmmmm, a few months.:bigsmile: Then again, why shutdown.:wink: Debt will never go away.:bigsmile: ooorah.
  • april27kelli
    april27kelli Posts: 338 Member
    It doesn't really affect me personally... but it is affecting my parents. My mom is a federal employee (CDC) so she won't be getting a paycheck... she isn't allowed to use any of her vacation time either...
  • IPAkiller
    IPAkiller Posts: 711 Member
    For doing their job?

    Congressmen are supposed to represent the people that elected them. If they ran and won on a platform that says their constituents want them to represent their issues and it results in a standoff, then they are doing their job. If they are being told in letters and phone calls by their constituents that they need to stand their ground, then they need to do that.

    It's not like the senate where they aren't necessarily there to listen to the voice of the people as much as represent what is best for the country as a whole.

    I think the problem comes from the great schism in the general population that allows these clowns to get elected to congress in the first place. Rural vs. urban, and conservative vs. liberal see things too diametriccally opposed for the House to get anything done.

    ^THIS! It's nice to see at least 1% of our population understands how our Representative Republic is "supposed" to work.
  • ren_ascent
    ren_ascent Posts: 432 Member
    Perhaps some people don't realize the overall economic impact the government shutdown is having and where the ripples will end. If affects everyone. Some feel the impacts immediately, such as those who came to work so they could civilly fill out the necessary documents in order to be booted out thereafter. Do you think foreclosed homes aren't going to affect the overall economy? Because these people aren't going to be able to make their payments, despite still being on the books as having a "good" job. So they can't collect unemployment. This is just the tip of the iceburg and the whole thing makes me sick.

    Complacencies unite.

    Willful ignorance is what I see in a lot of these postings. And that is the WORST kind of ignorance.

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