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but are not getting their paycheck.

So for example, the Coast Guard, they're still required to keep us safe.

Or FEMA, disaster relief, the guys at FEMA are not getting paid.

And the one that is most citizen facing is TSA, because anytime you go to an airport, you see TSA.

Now, if you remember back in, right before November, the Schumer shutdown, which was the 43 day shutdown, the longest shutdown ever.

That had a massive impact on airports.

And in fact, that was one of the things that caused the Democrats to cave at the end and finally allow the government to be funded.

There you had TSA agents not getting paid, and you had air traffic controllers not getting paid.

Yep.

One bit of good news here, the air traffic controllers are getting paid this time, so we're not facing massive shortage of air traffic controllers.

But the TSA, they're housed within DHS, and they've now missed two paychecks in a row.

And look, most TSA agents are not rolling in the cash.

Yeah, and for many of these agents, it means they can't pay their rent.

They can't pay their mortgage.

They're having trouble putting food on the table.

The numbers of TSA agents going to food banks to get food just so they can have dinner for their kids.

We've had more than 300 TSA agents just resign, say, look, I can't do a job where I don't get paid.

I need to go find something else where I can bring home a paycheck and feed my family.

Those numbers are only going to get worse.

Now, look, what is driving this?