maybe these 'federal' workers and others will smarten up and start living within their means . Plus they should put away some money for future catastrophe and i advise easily accessed cash under the mattress or in a sock plus always use cash when a person spends money . I learned that from my Parents who raised , fed and took care of 5 kids and we lived pretty good in a very desirable area of the USA with full bellies and this way of living was attained by my DAD the single wage earner plus we kids all had good teeth and health . My Parents learned how to run THEIR economy from my Grandparents who also had one wage earner named Grandpa in the family of 3 kids and my Grandmother .
I have been the sole wage earner when married and raising kids yet no one likes to work for free...Even if you do get paid later your life is set up to the pay period and to be fair no man or woman should have to work for gratis only when the original agreement was a pay period on a certain date.
The spoiled Federal workers are simply facing the reality that millions of their fellow citizens face and have gone through. They're the ones out of touch.
Those "spoiled Federal workers" are no different than most of us...working their butts off and trying to get by.
Air Traffic Controllers for example do a high stress job...with thousands of OUR lives on the line...and in NORMAL times work 10 hoiur days , 6 days a week.