Workers Who Help Process Obama's Paycheck Face Termination

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Employees at a government agency in Cleveland which processes President Barack Obama's paycheck risk losing their jobs because they have failed credit report checks, according to Troy Marshall, a union leader at the Cleveland office of Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS).

He says tighter security clearance rules introduced by the Pentagon five years ago have cost 25 DFAS Cleveland workers their jobs and threaten another 42. The rules are unfair, he says, because these employees don't handle classified information and are struggling to dig out of debt due to the economic crisis.

He says tighter security clearance rules introduced by the Pentagon five years ago have cost 25 DFAS Cleveland workers their jobs and threaten another 42. The rules are unfair, he says, because these employees don't handle classified information and are struggling to dig out of debt due to the economic crisis.

Tough Economy to Blame

"We've had people who have tried to get their debt consolidated […] but in this economy you can't get loans," says Marshall, who also works as a management assistant at DFAS and who claims he was suspended after 17 years because of $6,000 he owes on credit card and hospital bills.

Marshall says he has diabetes and heart disease; his wife has leukemia. "Cleveland is a very depressed area, it's not like you can get another job," he says.

Tom LaRock, a DFAS spokesman, said he could not immediately comment on particular employees. But he confirmed that DFAS Cleveland processes Obama's paycheck and that DFAS staff must have their credit checked as part of a wider background screening they must pass in order to stay employed.

"We've had people who have tried to get their debt consolidated […] but in this economy you can't get loans," says Marshall, who also works as a management assistant at DFAS and who claims he was suspended after 17 years because of $6,000 he owes on credit card and hospital bills.

Marshall says he has diabetes and heart disease; his wife has leukemia. "Cleveland is a very depressed area, it's not like you can get another job," he says.

Tom LaRock, a DFAS spokesman, said he could not immediately comment on particular employees. But he confirmed that DFAS Cleveland processes Obama's paycheck and that DFAS staff must have their credit checked as part of a wider background screening they must pass in order to stay employed.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/workers-process-obamas-paycheck-face-termination/story?id=10189781

[Ban Hammer 13,691]

and?

[scandal 951]

and?

It's an outrage

I seriously expect Obama to do something about it as soon as he's no longer President.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

and?

Exactly. It's a given in my line of business that you keep your finances in order. If you don't, you don't work there.

[Darnell 8,479]

they could work in different government office.

usually preferences are given to current government workers anyway.

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[mawilson 2,133]

Obama's paycheck?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

1. Obama doesn't have direct deposit?

2. Bad credit is the top reason people are denied a security clearance (I was told this by an investigator). If your finances are a mess you are more likely to be influenced by the bad guys.