Quote Originally Posted by Kowalski Lives View Post
I'll be criticized for this I'm sure, but I think you should have enough bank saved up to live for several months without pay as general practice, no matter who you work for.

If you blew everything you made, every check....don't cry to anyone about it.....Especially if you have a GOV job. How many times have they shut down now?...and you can't eat because you didn't save anything back? If sixty days without pay is going to get you hungry and evicted, you're living beyond your means with a flippant idea about the future.

I say this because I'm tired of the media stories sensationalizing "the family that can't eat" because of the shut down.
It would appear you have a flawed sense of reality for many people. Do you have kids by chance?