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Is there any kind of interest on this delay? Otherwise it's an involuntary zero-percent loan to the government, so, given inflation and fees for borrowing money
by phoe-krk 6mo ago
Is there any kind of interest on this delay? Otherwise it's an involuntary zero-percent loan to the government, so, given inflation and fees for borrowing money, it's a net loss either way.
- eudamoniac 6mo agoAbsolutely negligible. Please stop with the propaganda. Everyone is fine with a 2-week delay for payroll, but wait a couple more weeks and it's suddenly you "stop being paid" and give a "loan to the government". There are plenty of downsides to being ATC but this one is not a genuine framing.
- mplanchard 6mo agoMany people are living paycheck to paycheck. A month or two of missed payments can have a ton of downstream consequences.
- eudamoniac 6mo agoAir traffic controllers making $155,000 are not the same people going homeless from a month or two of missed payments.
- mplanchard 6mo agoa) it’s possible to live at the edge your means regardless of where you are relatively to the poverty line. b) It’s not a bad salary for an individual, but supporting a family of 3-5 on $155k does not leave a lot of room for error
- phoe-krk 6mo ago> Everyone is fine with a 2-week delay for payroll I don't know where this assumption comes from. I'm not. With the increasing number of people living paycheck to paycheck, your "couple more weeks" means a growing risk of homelessness among other things.