Quote Originally Posted by clodhopper View Post
Yay! I'm the darkhorse!

Ironic that so many claim I don't understand/empathize/have not lived the situation you might be in right now. When did you become an expert on my life experiences? You are farther off than you might think.

Ah well. The internet is the land of "who has more empathy", rather than a discussion of ideas or points of view.

If our govt wasn't so bloated and spending well beyond its means, this wouldn't have happened. But that would mean many of you would be in a different career than the one you currently have and may never have known the joys of government "service". Wait, was that coldhearted? hard for me to discern anymore.

Oh, and to your point Grey:
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/01/18/...ghed-shutdown/
You'll get your back pay.
All I see there is a whole lot of "legislation introduced" and "should get back pay." I'll believe it if and when the check clears the bank.

For those of you who are assuring everyone that back pay will be reimbursed, I point you to Hoser's post. He did NOT receive back pay for 2013's furlough.

You're no dark horse, Clodhopper. A dark horse is defined as "a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds." The only part of that definition that fits you is "about whom little is known." You proffered your point of view. Your view happened to not only be unpopular, but was filled with incorrect assumptions and projected a very cavalier assumption- if, in fact, you were ever in a situation such as a furlough. Was your smug statement "coldhearted'? Poor you, surrounded by people burdened with patriotic "feelz" and the inability to recognize your obviously superior arguments. Thank GOODNESS you were able to shed light on our problem: we wouldn't be furloughed if we weren't government workers. Of course! Why, it really is all our fault that we out ourselves in this position.


You are SO RIGHT.