Update- Fiscal Cliff 'Deal' still hikes taxes by $2,200+

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Debt Ceiling Maneuvers - Treasury to Raid TSP G Fund

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On December 26th, while we were all busy recovering from the Holiday and headed out for year-end clearance sales, the Treasury Secretary dropped a surprise on us. He announced that the federal government will once again hit its ‘debt ceiling’ on Dec 31st, and that the Treasury will take ‘extraordinary measures’ to stretch [...]

More Fiscal Cliff Notes for Federal Employees

Gubmints has been on the road making the world safe for democracy.

In the meantime, I still have not seen any detailed financial analysis of the effects of sequestration on the federal employee.

However, here is a decent guide from the Washington Post regarding compensation and job security for federal employees under sequestration.

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Fiscal Cliff Diving - Sequestration will cost you around $4,000

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*** Updated 1/2/2013 with the ‘Fiscal Cliff Deal‘, updates in italics ***

Fiscal Cliff Deal Notes (Part Two) -

As promised, I’ve run the numbers on what the Fiscal Cliff (aka Sequestration, aka Taxmageddon) will cost Joe and Jane Sixpack.

There’s no chance of a deal being worked out by the [...]