Originally Posted by atrdriver

Just reading his words at face value. You can hold the righteous indignation.

Here's one little nugget of compassion from an elected union representative (again, if this SAABoroowski fellow is impersonating a union rep, I will of course admit I was suckered and retract my complaints):

"relax, if you do get furloughed, it's only temporary, you won't see much of a difference financially, and your quality of life will improve because you'll be home with your family"

Yeah, my "temporary" was over a year of living at a much lower standard of living than even on first year pay (unemployment only paid 60% of the average of my *gross* earnings from the previous five quarters), and let me tell you... being even poorer and unable to find any good work to provide for my family was a real boost to my QOL.