Living paycheck to paychck means they need a portion of their $1,000 check as cash in hand on Friday to make payments. utility bills. Credit cards, whatever. The sad reality is that most of the money for folks living at these wages has already been spent before it arrives.

If you need $400 cash Friday morning, then you have to spend many hours working as an Uber driver, or Grubhub delivery person or whatever prior to Friday.

Never mind folks who are pro-actively dropping off resume at more permanent jobs and trying to hit job interviews. This is the 3rd shutdown in a year. Whats to say this wont happen again and again over the next 2 years?