Its no coincidence the Courts and FBI are hit hard for not being paid during the Trump shut down.
The worst hit employees are those contract gov. workers. Reagan talked about using private workers for gov but it wasn't until W Bush that most low pay positions went to the private contract sector.


Contract workers will NOT be reimbursed.


The legend of job security in public service is now entirely gone.
Local news is 25% devoted to helping furloughed gov workers where to get food. In Europe I would expect a general strike but Americans are kind of blind sided by this epic shutdown and are actually trying to spend their money to go to work.