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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLaid off gov workers are really screwed. I feel awful for them.
- Lost their jobs
- Retirement accounts destroyed
- Entering a glutted job market, possible recession.
Cruel beyond words.
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)Why are their retirement accounts destroyed, do they lose all of that when fired etc? I hope someone can help them.
jmbar2
(7,614 posts)Meowmee
(9,212 posts)and they maybe transferred to safer federal money market etc. already or can still do that.
jmbar2
(7,614 posts)VMA131Marine
(5,169 posts)Even adding military pay and benefits only brings it up to about 7%. 3% of the budget is $180 Billion
All these firings arent really saving us anything and the layoffs at IRS will likely reduce tax collections by a few hundred billion dollars up to as much as $500 Billion. Musk and Trump are actually costing us money.
Scrivener7
(58,287 posts)AnnaLee
(1,350 posts)Every time they intellectualize about the latest abstraction, I start screaming at the TV - how would you like to be one of those people losing, FOR NO REASON AT ALL, their jobs, carriers and everything they worked years to achieve . (all caps for the loudest part)
I find trashed workers, especially non-political civil servants, to be a symbol of a declining democracy. I am breathless because I am so upset that most of the media reports are more worried about WallStreet than about family consequences including family lost (stolen if you ask me) wealth.
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)I just start screaming most of the time at the lunacy of the reporting.
CanonRay
(15,947 posts)RockRaven
(18,690 posts)Find Out without any sympathy.