A Nod To The Gods

Maybe I’m just a callous and heartless bastard, but I don’ understand how a federal employee that makes on average twice what the private sector makes for the same job, can lose everything after missing two checks.

Moses is an engineering technician for air traffic control at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. He’s furloughed and at the worst possible time. That’s because he is in the process of selling a house and buying a new one in Athens. 

“I mean, we’re cutting back every which way trying to make the two ends meet,” Moses said. “I’m picking up odd jobs here in town just trying to put food on the table.”

Moses is one of as many of 16,000 federal workers in Georgia who are making emergency plans because of the partial government shutdown. 

“We stand the risk of losing this new home very soon if I’m not able to produce income,” Moses said.

For another local federal worker, the longer the government shutdown continues, the more panic sets in. 

Indya Thomas works for the IRS and said her last paycheck showed no income.

“I didn’t want to be put out on the streets, you know, if it had to come to that point, so I knew I needed help,” Thomas told Channel 2 Action News.  here….

Wouldn’t you have some savings for a rainy day, or make arrangements with your lender or landlord knowing this is all temporary?

Maybe….just maybe…..we’ve learned more about federal employees than they really wanted us to know, or maybe the media is in full spin mode cherry picking stories that fit the narrative….Orange Man Bad, starving families!