Think slowing your 'burn rate' can keep you afloat if you lose your job? Here's why it probably won't last long — and what you should do instead

If you’re furloughed or lose your job, do you know how much money you’d need to bridge the gap until you start getting a ...
Wall Street Journal

We All Have a ‘Burn Rate.’ How to Slow Yours if Your Paycheck Suddenly Stops

The answer you arrive at is your personal “burn rate,” and it is a calculation that hundreds of thousands of federal workers are now confronting. So are more private-sector employees as the job market ...
Stars and Stripes

VA’s $369 billion budget for 2025 anticipates increased disability payments but reduction in VA health care staff

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing a $369.3 billion spending plan for fiscal 2025 that is about 12% higher than last year and includes nearly $25 billion for a toxic ...