If they can’t go ‘months and months’ without pay they can move on to the private sector... where they’ll quickly discover they can’t watch porn half the day on their employer’s dime.
This is Trump’s ‘air traffic controllers’... Reagan made his chops on the issue.
An entirely different situation. The air traffic controllers staged an illegal strike. The Secret Service and Coast Guard and all the rest are caught in the middle. And if you honestly think we don't need a Coast Guard or Secret Service then contact your congressman and senator about just abolishing them. Don't starve them into quitting.