Trump's Shutdown Is Officially Hurting the Troops
Tuesday marked the first time in American history active-duty service members haven’t been paid due to a government shutdown
By RYAN BORT JANUARY 16, 2019 11:12AM ET
As Trump continues to clamor for border wall funding — he tried to make his case Wednesday morning by tweeting a Lou Dobbs statistic about how 800 miles of wall have been built in Europe since 2015 — 800,000 federal employees are still without their paychecks. Included among them are 42,000 active-duty members of the Coast Guard, who were informed Tuesday that they would not be getting paid despite having worked through the shutdown.
Though Schultz instructed Coast Guard members to stay strong, the Trump administration hasn’t paid much mind to those who haven’t been paid as a result of the shutdown. The president has dismissed those affected as mostly Democrats, while at the same time claiming they are comfortable not being paid so long as it means a border wall will be funded. Kevin Hassett, Trump’s chief economic adviser, told PBS that furloughed workers are “better off” because they don’t have to use their vacation days. It’s unlikely the Coast Guard families organizing food drives agree.
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