U.S. government advises workers on staving off creditors amid shutdown

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a partial shutdown of the U.S. government stretched into its sixth day, the agency that oversees the federal workforce offered advice on staving off creditors to the estimated 800,000 employees who could be affected by a lapse in pay.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) suggested furloughed workers could offer partial payments to mortgage lenders and posted on its website form letters they could use.

"I am a Federal employee who has recently been furloughed due to a lack of funding of my agency," said one of three templates offered by the agency. "Because of this, my income has been severely cut and I am unable to pay the entire cost of my mortgage, along with my other expenses."

In a Twitter post, OPM said idled workers should contact personal attorneys if they needed advice on dealing with creditors.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-government-advises-workers-on-staving-off-creditors-amid-shutdown/ar-BBRuPgn?li=BBnb7Kz

They can be a deadbeat just like their president.

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1. Can not imagine the

Credit damage that is caused by this. As someone who has had to deal with Credit Reporting Agencies decades ago,it is not a friendly group or for that part caring. All it takes is one dunning and there goes your score.

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2. The creditors don't care

They will count a partial or no payment as a none or late payment and will report it to the credit bureaus which will damage a persons credit.

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3. Fuck the trumpShutDown.. the LYING Asshole said

"Mexico will Pay for the WALL"

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4. Did Shitler give them tips on evading creditors and not paying taxes?

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5. Sad to say, this is about as good as OPM can do for government workers

Although advising them to contact personal attorneys is probably not the best advice. If you can't afford food, you can't afford to pay an attorney. I won't be too hard on OPM, though. They're offering help, which is a lot more than the administration is doing.