Laid off gov workers are really screwed. I feel awful for them.

[jmbar2]

- Lost their jobs
- Retirement accounts destroyed
- Entering a glutted job market, possible recession.

Cruel beyond words.

[Meowmee]

1. Yes it is awful/horrific

Why are their retirement accounts destroyed, do they lose all of that when fired etc? I hope someone can help them.

[jmbar2]

6. stock market collapsed

[Meowmee]

7. yes but maybe did not totally wipe out their funds

and they maybe transferred to safer federal money market etc. already or can still do that.

[jmbar2]

10. I certainly hope so.

[VMA131Marine]

2. And federal worker salaries are only about 3% of the Federal budget

Even adding military pay and benefits only brings it up to about 7%. 3% of the budget is $180 Billion

All these firings aren’t really saving us anything and the layoffs at IRS will likely reduce tax collections by a few hundred billion dollars up to as much as $500 Billion. Musk and Trump are actually costing us money.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[Scrivener7]

3. For NO reason!

[AnnaLee]

4. I can't watch the news

Every time they intellectualize about the latest abstraction, I start screaming at the TV - how would you like to be one of those people losing, FOR NO REASON AT ALL, their jobs, carriers and everything they worked years to achieve . (all caps for the loudest part)

I find trashed workers, especially non-political civil servants, to be a symbol of a declining democracy. I am breathless because I am so upset that most of the media reports are more worried about WallStreet than about family consequences including family lost (stolen if you ask me) wealth.

[Meowmee]

11. I can't watch either, stopped almost 2 years ago for the most part

I just start screaming most of the time at the lunacy of the reporting.

[CanonRay]

5. Yes, they are royally screwed, through no fault of their own.

[RockRaven]

9. About a third of them (very rough approx) voted for this, so that portion can

Find Out without any sympathy.