How are furloughed federal workers going to afford food, gas and child care if they are forced

[Solly Mack]

6. And that inability to pay will trickle down to other people. No need for a full wait staff if

people aren't dining out. Some areas rely on communities of federal workers - their dollars.

No need for a full staff at daycare if fewer and fewer kids attend.

Small businesses and even bigger ones who rely on the cash those enclaves of federal workers - who do tend to live close to where they work - will feel the impact.

Coast Guard communities directly impact the local community and if they can't spend cash the city and locals suffer as well.

No food stamps - no spending at the local grocery store.

No rent checks - can cause homelessness and that impacts the city economy and stretches already stretched dollars even more.

This shutdown isn't just about the furloughed and no-pay workers.

This shutdown is hurting a lot of people.

I say that as the wife of an "essential" federal worker. Still working, no pay. We also get retirement checks so we have a cushion - but that lack of pay does impact even us. We have his elderly parents we help financially and those extra dollars are needed.