When Hypotheticals Become Reality: Furloughed Workers Forced Into Second Jobs Just to Survive
I remember when this shutdown first started — I said, half out of frustration and half out of fear, that if this thing went on long enough, furloughed federal workers would eventually have to take on second jobs just to make ends meet. Back then, it was just a hypothetical. A what-if. A warning of how bad things could get if Washington didn’t get its act together. But now, it’s not a hypothetical anymore. It’s reality. And it’s bleak. Across the country, federal workers who were […]


