Fucking really?!? I am a federal employee. I spent 20 years in the military and another 3 years as an overseas contractor, I now make considerably less than I did at either of the previous employments. I only do this so I can stay at home and be part of a family that has sacrifice what I assume to be more than you will ever understand. You are a fool. You make assumptions similar to my belief that you are a fool and consider them fact. The only people that make more than they are worth in federal employment are the white collar workers and they are few and far in between. You apparently overlook the Wage Grade employees that make up a MAJOR part of federal employees. I don't mind sacrificing a little bit for the betterment of our great country, but I take offense at fools such as yourself that speak out of stupidity. The people who should be paying for this shutdown are the ones that are causing it.