With furloughs already starting, Department of Defense employees are being forced to miss 176 hours of work (unpaid). This is just the beginning of cutbacks and affects active duty employees as well as the economy of surrounding areas.
"Those who think the sequestration debate is just another game of Washington brinksmanship are sadly mistaken," said William R. Dougan, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees. "This is not a game. Real people will be hurt, people whose only role in this debate was choosing to serve their country."
Real people are in fact being affected, so do the job we pay you to do and fix this.



