Late last month, the Coast Guard announced that it had found enough money to pay its service members one last time through the end of the year. The Trump administration took credit afterward, releasing a statement that said the president and some of his staff members had worked “round the clock” to address the issue.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/01/09/coast-guard-families-told-they-can-have-garage-sales-cope-with-government-shutdown/?utm_term=.e9e6f0ee09c3

Actually it was the Master Chief of the Coast Guard and some political wrangling that looked into the matter.

So yeah, not surprising at all he and his gang had nothing to do with this.

Most of these folks are at the Landlord mercy,do know the Guy's and Gal's here at Lake Mead sure do not make much as far as income and Rent is a real problem.

Republicans at all levels have attacked public education so relentlessly that teachers are leaving for other work. GOPers will do the same for Federal workers, so the end result is a more dysfunctional government, which provides them with talking points and excuses to attack it further.

And then later buy the same stuff at the regular price?

will go into the pockets of Trump's and McConnell's supporters. The wealthy supporters of course: the poor or middle class ones are just there to supply votes and buy MAGA hats.

and drive through the Coast Guard housing areas almost every day (it's a small town).

They already do have garage sales.

But how much do they think they're going to be able to sell and get in a town of 10,000 where the biggest employer is the Guard?

And, while there's still a Costco and Wal-Mart in the next town over, we lost our JC Penney two years ago (after being in business for 100 years).