I woke up today to see the following headline in the front page of the local paper:
67 DFAS workers to lose jobs due to personal debts
You can read the entire article, but if you don't want to, I'll summarize it. The War Department is firing 67 civilian employees in Cleveland because they have too much debt. They are not being fired for poor performance, but for having too much debt. Because they have too much debt, they are being fired by the War Department, which is part of an organization that is over $12 trillion in debt. Ironic, isn't it?
How are these people supposed to repay their debts if they get fired? Many companies won't hire people with bad credit. No job means no income. And no income means no way to repay their debts. It sounds like the government is trying drive people into bankruptcy.
