The government’s back in bidness. It only took 43 days… The stress and disruption this shutdown caused was ridiculous and unnecessary! Of course, this happened just before the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Now we’re supposed to go out and, what, spend money and pretend this never happened?!
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Assistance is Available During Difficult Times and Thoughts on Resilience, Resourcefulness & Asking for Help to Meet Basic Needs
For those of us who are 1. working poor and earning minimum wage (on salary), 2. lower-middle class (on salary), 3. independent contract gig workers, I don’t need to state the obvious so I won’t (mention that food prices are still crazy AF). For essentials like food, especially with the holidays coming up and the…
Federal Employees and All Those Affected by the Federal Government Shutdown: Watch Y’all’s Time (Lines) #Day 17
Who, among us, works for the feds? Anybody affected by the shutdown? Furloughed? Recently Retired? Fired? SMH… This is Day #17. Just marking time as we cross the halfway point into Month 1.