Tips for unpaid federal emplyees :-o

[left-of-center2012]

"If you're unsure about your next paycheck,
this is the time to turn to your emergency fund as a backstop.
The standard rule of thumb is to maintain enough cash to cover three months to six months of expenses."

"If you're about to be less flush heading into January,
draw up your monthly budget and see what you can slash during the shutdown."

"Credit cards could save you in a pinch ..."

What federal workers can do to generate some cash amid the government shutdown
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/28/what-federal-workers-can-do-to-generate-some-cash-amid-the-shutdown.html

[wasupaloopa]

1. If you are about to lose your pay check to pay check job,

plan to live off your 3 month’s worth of savings.

[marylandblue]

2. In other words....

If you don't already have an emergency fund, consider yourself screwed. You can temporarily unscrew yourself by borrowing money at around 15% interest or higher, but that will just make things harder when you go back to work. Consider making it even harder down the road by delaying important purchases.

[pangaia]

3. Is this a fucking joke? The ONION???

[handmade34]

4. not the Onion...

but it is a joke

people with money have no clue

[Tanuki]

5. This reminds me of when Northwest Airlines suggested dumpster diving

to their laid-off employees several years-ago.

https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-att-us&source=android-browser&q=northwest+airlines+employees+dumpster+diving

"Losing your job hurts.

But earlier this month, Northwest Airlines made things even worse. The company gave pink-slipped employees a tip sheet on how to cut living expenses. Among the suggestions: Rummage through other people's garbage (Tip# 46: "Don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash" ).

The tip sheet was called "101 Ways to Save Money," and it went out to 60 Northwest employees slated to lose their jobs this fall in Montana, Texas and North Dakota."....(more of their cluelessness at link)

[JDC]

6. My favorite: Margin loans: If you own a brokerage account, you may be able to borrow from it.