SHUT IT DOWN. Any federal worker who can’t scrape by for a few weeks isn’t very resourceful or self sufficient.
I agree to shut it down, but not all federal workers are highly paid. The lower grades, GS-03 thru 06 are not well paid and yes, survive from paycheck to paycheck. I know cuz I was one. And many are very hard workers. Again, I was one. So let’s not lump them all in together.