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In reply to the discussion: I'm getting pretty worried here. [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,533 posts)I talked to my former sister-in-law today who lives in the DC/VA area. She and her husband are both furloughed without pay. She's a federal employee in the CalFresh program, he's a federal contractor and won't be paid even after the shutdown ends probably.
They are canceling services they normally used, costing businesses money. They cancelled a house cleaning service, for instance.
Their daughter is a professional dog walker. Her business is down because federal workers off work aren't hiring them.
Some furloughed workers are looking for part-time jobs, which further puts pressure on others who are looking for work as their opportunities lessen.
The only ones benefitting are school kids because a lot of very smart federal workers in the DC area are taking jobs as substitute teachers.
But of course once education funding runs out, that will negatively impact the kids, too.