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kpete

(71,898 posts)
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:16 AM Jan 2019

"Our rent is due, the electric bill is due, our cellphones are now past due,"

"Our rent is due, the electric bill is due, our cellphones are now past due,"
The #GOP needs to stop playing games w/ hardworking federal workers' lives!
Fund the goverment & then argue for the wall. One has nothing to do w/ the other!




Jacinda says she has "no idea" what her family will do if the government shutdown continues past January. Her husband's last paycheck was Dec. 28 and, like many federal workers, he's unlikely to get his next one at the end of this week. He may not get the one after that, due at the end of January, either.

"Our rent is due, the electric bill is due, our cellphones are now past due," she says.

Her husband is a TSA officer in Portland, Ore., but he's not speaking publicly because the Transportation Security Administration forbids personnel to do so.

"We are a paycheck-to-paycheck family," Jacinda, 36, says. We're not using her last name because she fears he could be fired.

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https://www.npr.org/2019/01/09/683519210/air-travelers-and-workers-may-feel-government-shutdown-effects

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"Our rent is due, the electric bill is due, our cellphones are now past due," (Original Post) kpete Jan 2019 OP
It will be interesting to see how the corporate bill collectors and landlords democratisphere Jan 2019 #1
It will be interesting to see how many TSA agents say to hell with it and look elsewhere for a job. Vinca Jan 2019 #2
We've got to get rid of the crazy insane so called boss!. democratisphere Jan 2019 #6
Corporate should help. Soxfan58 Jan 2019 #5
Regarding landlords, I was one once. 2 apartments, nothing big. 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #10
It is a dilemma. democratisphere Jan 2019 #11
the russian Agent Orange doesn't care Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #3
cell phones - what a drain on the finances Blues Heron Jan 2019 #4
I resisted for a very long time. tymorial Jan 2019 #7
We had landlines PJMcK Jan 2019 #8
I still have a landline and no cellphone and Akacia Jan 2019 #9
To each their own! PJMcK Jan 2019 #14
"another for my fax machine (remember those?)" BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #12
I like your solution to robocalls! PJMcK Jan 2019 #13
Not ready to get rid of land line BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #16
It is cheaper than a landline obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #19
Thank you Donald Trump... BlueJac Jan 2019 #15
He is a vile man bdamomma Jan 2019 #17
Remember this monster canceled health benefits for his nephew's sick infant dalton99a Jan 2019 #18

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
1. It will be interesting to see how the corporate bill collectors and landlords
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:31 AM
Jan 2019

treat the federal workers in a financial jam through no fault of their own.

Vinca

(50,168 posts)
2. It will be interesting to see how many TSA agents say to hell with it and look elsewhere for a job.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:37 AM
Jan 2019

I sure wouldn't feel safe relying on an employer who cuts you off every time the boss has a hissy fit.

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)
5. Corporate should help.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:42 AM
Jan 2019

But what about the landlords with a couple rentals who are barely making it themselves.

3Hotdogs

(12,207 posts)
10. Regarding landlords, I was one once. 2 apartments, nothing big.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:56 AM
Jan 2019

If I was the landlord, I would like to give 'em a few months break. But then, how do I pay the property tax, sewer tax and water bill? Where does the money come from to pay $800 for the bed bug infestation? Or the plumbing bill?

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,021 posts)
3. the russian Agent Orange doesn't care
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:37 AM
Jan 2019

Moscow Mitch might pretend to care, if enough pressure comes from the general public. Unless, of course, he has plans to rig 2020.

McConnell is now sharing ownership of the TrumpShutdown, by not allowing any Senators to voice their opinion through voting.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
7. I resisted for a very long time.
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:47 AM
Jan 2019

My first smart phone was 5 years ago . Before that I used cheap prepaid just in case of an emergency. I hate how much the smartphone captures my attention. I wish I didnt need it for work

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
8. We had landlines
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:50 AM
Jan 2019

They weren't cheap either.

Some of us had to have more than one. I'm an independent businessman and used to work out of my home. Accordingly, we had a line for the family, a line for my business and another for my fax machine (remember those?).

The phone companies charged calls by distance and time. Those bills added up quickly.

That's how we existed before cell phones.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
14. To each their own!
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:32 AM
Jan 2019

It would be impossible for me to live and work today without the smartphone. But not everyone has my needs.

BumRushDaShow

(127,271 posts)
12. "another for my fax machine (remember those?)"
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:16 AM
Jan 2019

I have a printer/copier/scanner/FAX machine and actually had to FAX something a couple months ago!

Instead of using my landline on that machine, I use my triple-play phone line on it. That way, all the junk robo calls that the number always gets, will hit the FAX machine, which just beeps and boops in response, and then disconnects.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
13. I like your solution to robocalls!
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 09:30 AM
Jan 2019

I got rid of my landlines 6 or 7 years ago. iPhone from now on. It has worked great and been extremely reliable. Importantly, the cost has been relatively modest and cell coverage is almost a non-existent issue.

I still have my fax/copier/scanner/printer and use it primarily as a color printer. My regular printer is an HP LaserJet that is almost 15 years old and it works as well as the day I bought it.

BumRushDaShow

(127,271 posts)
16. Not ready to get rid of land line
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:03 AM
Jan 2019

...although where I have recently moved had FIOS installed, which is useless in a power outage (like I just had yesterday) vs the old copper lines (even with a battery backup), so I have started wavering. I have a Digitone call blocker on the landline and that thing has been an absolute life saver.

I did find this that sounded interesting for iPhones - https://www.businessinsider.com/brilliant-new-app-will-blast-screeching-fax-tones-in-telemarketers-ears-until-they-never-call-you-again-2015-2

I don't get that many robocalls on my cell phones but the Comcast triple play line gets all kinds of crap so they get this in return from my FAX machine -



bdamomma

(63,650 posts)
17. He is a vile man
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:07 AM
Jan 2019

to do this to the American people. Why doesn't he just move to Russia if he likes the oligarchy regime.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
18. Remember this monster canceled health benefits for his nephew's sick infant
Thu Jan 10, 2019, 10:14 AM
Jan 2019

and called for five innocent black men to be executed after DNA evidence exonerated them

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