government workers...

[Eric Haynes]

olly if you were tryn to sell ur 4 weeler any way that,s cool but if it,s it,s over a pay prob ill kick you a few buck,s till we when the hellever ret U.S.M.C understand broke bud

Well said

[(MT)Montanafowler]

you know, i once had a boss that couldn't pay payroll and tried to pay me in I.O.Us. he called me up to work and i told him to go fuck himself, i then went fishing and had a great day.

you know what i'm saying?


i went through the no work situation every winter doing concrete. in the end, it comes down to having some money socked away and looking for temp work that will keep you afloat.

[Olly]

olly if you were tryn to sell ur 4 weeler any way that,s cool but if it,s it,s over a pay prob ill kick you a few buck,s till we when the hellever ret U.S.M.C understand broke bud

Thanks for the offer but I'm not broke by any means. I'm better off than most Coasties I know. I've been talking of selling it for months and this is just a kick in the butt I needed to finally list it.

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[RonE]

I HAVE to report to work by UCMJ law.... but if I go without pay for around 5 or 6 months I would be dead in the water. I could possibly make it another 4 months if I sell my four wheeler, boat, and project truck. Everyone in my office is confident that this will be resolved before the 15th but I'm not so sure. I'm stepping up efforts to sell my four wheeler right now.

I thought the USCG was under the Homeland Security umbrella now, effectively taking it out of the military and putting it in an unneeded, unnecessary Democrat "make work for people with no skills" same as those people at the airport that fuck with you when you are trying to get on a plane. Uniform Code of Military Justice is for military members.

[ea oneal]

just sayen bud i know how tight it get,s some time,s and after u work ur but off and do with out to get something and have to sell it over some short time deal ,well suck,s just don't cover it!!! i hope this bull$%#* in dc come,s to the point that people will see we have let our gov get to big and to powerful for it,s own good !!

[Mornin Beef]

are eligible for unemployment benefits during the shutdown.

Unemployment money comes from the government.

How the fuck is the government saving any money during a shutdown if workers are being payed anyways?

Can someone explain this to me please.

its not about saving the govt money. its about defunding portions of or all of obamacare. this effort to defund obamacare is the cause and reason of the shitdown.

[Olly]

I HAVE to report to work by UCMJ law.... but if I go without pay for around 5 or 6 months I would be dead in the water. I could possibly make it another 4 months if I sell my four wheeler, boat, and project truck. Everyone in my office is confident that this will be resolved before the 15th but I'm not so sure. I'm stepping up efforts to sell my four wheeler right now.

I thought the USCG was under the Homeland Security umbrella now, effectively taking it out of the military and putting it in an unneeded, unnecessary Democrat "make work for people with no skills" same as those people at the airport that fuck with you when you are trying to get on a plane. Uniform Code of Military Justice is for military members.

The Coast Guard is and always will be one of the 5 Armed service branches.

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[assateague]

are eligible for unemployment benefits during the shutdown.

Unemployment money comes from the government.

How the fuck is the government saving any money during a shutdown if workers are being payed anyways?

Can someone explain this to me please.

its not about saving the govt money. its about defunding portions of or all of obamacare. this effort to defund obamacare is the cause and reason of the shitdown.

Not true. The last offer on the table was to FULLY fund obamacare, by eliminating ALL exemptions and putting congress under obamacare as well. But the senate wouldn't even vote on that proposal. So, you get what we have here today. Which is the way he wants it.

[DeadEye_Dan]

I love the shut down.

Our office shares a parking lot with the USDA, fucking tumbleweeds rolling through there now. Don't have to wait to use the shitter. No traffic leaving the office on a Friday.

They can lick my butthole.

[capt1972]

olly if you were tryn to sell ur 4 weeler any way that,s cool but if it,s it,s over a pay prob ill kick you a few buck,s till we when the hellever ret U.S.M.C understand broke bud

Thanks for the offer but I'm not broke by any means. I'm better off than most Coasties I know. I've been talking of selling it for months and this is just a kick in the butt I needed to finally list it.

Sent from my phone.

Plus your sitting on this goldmine

[RonE]

I HAVE to report to work by UCMJ law.... but if I go without pay for around 5 or 6 months I would be dead in the water. I could possibly make it another 4 months if I sell my four wheeler, boat, and project truck. Everyone in my office is confident that this will be resolved before the 15th but I'm not so sure. I'm stepping up efforts to sell my four wheeler right now.

I thought the USCG was under the Homeland Security umbrella now, effectively taking it out of the military and putting it in an unneeded, unnecessary Democrat "make work for people with no skills" same as those people at the airport that fuck with you when you are trying to get on a plane. Uniform Code of Military Justice is for military members.

The Coast Guard is and always will be one of the 5 Armed service branches.

Sent from my phone.

Yes, I know, just pullin your chain. There are indeed 5 Armed Service branches but there are 6 Uniformed Service branches.

[3geese4me]

I am legitimately concerned on how I'm going to pay my bills for the end of this month.

[cw1074]

are eligible for unemployment benefits during the shutdown.

Unemployment money comes from the government.

How the fuck is the government saving any money during a shutdown if workers are being payed anyways?

Can someone explain this to me please.

its not about saving the govt money. its about defunding portions of or all of obamacare. this effort to defund obamacare is the cause and reason of the shitdown.

Not true. The last offer on the table was to FULLY fund obamacare, by eliminating ALL exemptions and putting congress under obamacare as well. But the senate wouldn't even vote on that proposal. So, you get what we have here today. Which is the way he wants it.

I say if they won't eliminate all exemptions then they should create exemptions for anyone registered as republicans, libertarians, independents, etc who don't want this pile of shit. If the democrats want this fucking bill so bad, they should be the ones that have to pay for it.

[Tomkat]

And for the record, government employees are paid far better, and receive far better benefits than their private sector equivalents. So you know what? Fuck them. Sorry about your luck.

Thank god my farm payment is not at the mercy of Assateague.

Ofcourse momma and me are in demand, no layoffs. Essential personal is what you call us.

Before u go getting all shitty, we do an honest days work to earn our money. No one forced us to go to college or law school. Being white, there were very few (zero) grants for us. So we are still paying those student loans back.

You earned a few government check Jim, no? Were your pay and bennies better than private sector jobs while you were in Korea?



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[assateague]

Yes. Any job I've ever had that was paid for by the govt has paid far, far better than a private sector money job.

And make no mistake, I'm not saying it doesn't suck. I'm saying it doesn't suck any worse than when the exact same thing happens to a private sector worker. It's time folks stopped acting like it somehow is worse. Nonsense.

[(MT)Montanafowler]

Yes. Any job I've ever had that was paid for by the govt has paid far, far better than a private sector money job.

And make no mistake, I'm not saying it doesn't suck. I'm saying it doesn't suck any worse than when the exact same thing happens to a private sector worker. It's time folks stopped acting like it somehow is worse. Nonsense.

i can tell you that working for the state does not pay better than private sector

but the benefits are good, should be since they took over a quarter of every paycheck.

[assateague]

For the same job? It most assuredly does. And yes, a benefits package counts as pay.

[Eric Haynes]

False. As a munitions tech in the AF i was making roughly half of the private sector equivalent.

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[assateague]

Who pays your salary? You quite obviously work for a defense contractor. Govt money. A government contractor is most assuredly a government job.

[Redbeard]

It obviously depends on what kinda private sector or gov't job were talking about here but as Jim pointed out, when you include benefits, gov't jobs usually win out

[Eric Haynes]

Who pays your salary? You quite obviously work for a defense contractor. Govt money. A government contractor is most assuredly a government job.

Raytheon and TI are government funded?

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[assateague]

Yes. Raytheon, almost exclusively.

[Eric Haynes]

Yes. Raytheon, almost exclusively.

So I guess that makes damn near everything a government job. They do print the money.

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[assateague]

Let's not get silly. You know precisely what I'm talking about. If the government is paying your employer to pay you, it's a government job, and you know it. The only difference is the additional middleman.

[ea oneal]

False. As a munitions tech in the AF i was making roughly half of the private sector equivalent.

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i was in U.S.M.C. fer a day or two and that don't make me smart by no mean,s but who is the [private sector equivalent] of a munitions tech and who would u work for? do u still work in that ? if so how much better is the pay ? not trying to be rude or pushy .just found very little of the job,s in the armed forces transfer to the private sector .some do, but not much to do with stuff that goes boom not a bunch of lear jet,s with tomahawk,s that i know of. don't take it the wrong way just want to learn something hear

[3geese4me]

False. As a munitions tech in the AF i was making roughly half of the private sector equivalent.

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i was in U.S.M.C. fer a day or two and that don't make me smart by no mean,s but who is the [private sector equivalent] of a munitions tech and who would u work for? do u still work in that ? if so how much better is the pay ? not trying to be rude or pushy .just found very little of the job,s in the armed forces transfer to the private sector .some do, but not much to do with stuff that goes boom not a bunch of lear jet,s with tomahawk,s that i know of. don't take it the wrong way just want to learn something hear

I work in a career field very similar to his and there is none that transfers over. What we would get out of the military is the management training or the ability to tell people how to accomplish complex things in a short period of time. To build on that, I went and got an accounting degree in my free time. I am trying my hardest to set myself up for success when my retirement date from the Air Force comes in ten years.

[Juice Box]

Ok so I don't watch much tv including the news and haven't been keeping up with this govt shut down BS. I'm sure some of you have been and I was hoping someone could tell me what the hell is causing this govt shut down.


Merica!

[3geese4me]

Obamacare.

[ea oneal]

False. As a munitions tech in the AF i was making roughly half of the private sector equivalent.

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i was in U.S.M.C. fer a day or two and that don't make me smart by no mean,s but who is the [private sector equivalent] of a munitions tech and who would u work for? do u still work in that ? if so how much better is the pay ? not trying to be rude or pushy .just found very little of the job,s in the armed forces transfer to the private sector .some do, but not much to do with stuff that goes boom not a bunch of lear jet,s with tomahawk,s that i know of. don't take it the wrong way just want to learn something hear

I work in a career field very similar to his and there is none that transfers over. What we would get out of the military is the management training or the ability to tell people how to accomplish complex things in a short period of time. To build on that, I went and got an accounting degree in my free time. I am trying my hardest to set myself up for success when my retirement date from the Air Force comes in ten years.

ok i get that ,and sound,s as if u have a plan. my point was and is [private sector equivalent] if u get more training in a new skill set well, not really the same deal if u look at it. i also understand skills of leadership and so forth .as a MGS i helped ,i hope to instill a work ethic as you have hope thing,s go well for you sound,s as if you are putting in the ground work .hat,s off to you

[3geese4me]

Thank you. I guess I was vague in my explanation. Yes we would have to learn a new skill set if/when we transfer to the civilian sector. But with that transfer we would bring a hard work ethic and management experience.