Furloughs Alter Routines for President

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/us/politics/furloughs-alter-routines-for-presidents-staff.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0

Category: Government

Concerns: A problem/issue that individuals/families face

Level: National

 

This concerns families and Individuals because the shutdown is affecting families across the country to be able to support them and their families without the paycheck they need.

Views: I think this shutdown is very unfortunate. The staff members that usually make the president safe and helps keep everything on track that is no longer there needed to be working in order to support their families. I was recently talking to my boss at work and her husband is a Government Employee and he is part of the Navy and he is still having to go to work but he won’t be receiving a paycheck, thankfully my boss will make enough money to support their family while the shutdown is happening but they are fortunate to have two working members instead of just one like a lot of people in the
US have.  Reading this article it does make me think though about the importance of all of the staff at the White House, it is the Tax payers who pays these bills so does the president and his family really need 90 people to take care of the residential part of the White House?  I also feel bad for those who have to pick up the slack for the positions that are no longer able to work. For them to work that hard and not get paid must take so much out of them.  Maybe this shutdown will help the government to see what is really important and this shutdown will come to an end so the people of the government will be able to earn their income once again.