Local Coast Guard families decry shutdown’s ‘slap in the face’as they borrow to pay bills

Tampa bay Times ^ | January 1, 2019 | Howard Altman

[Vlad The Inhaler]

With no end in sight for a 10-day-old government shutdown, Coast Guard helicopter mechanic Bradley Jones prepared for an overnight shift on New Year’s Eve worried that his family’s mounting bills won’t get paid.

Like more than 1,100 other Coast Guard personnel living and working in the Tampa Bay area, Jones, 26, got a temporary reprieve when the Trump administration and the service branch came up with a reported $75 million to fund paychecks due Jan 1. But beyond that, there are no guarantees. And for a force whose motto is Semper Paratus — Latin for “always ready” — the financial uncertainty is creating hardship and stress.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Trump Bashing at Pravda On The Bay continues into the new year.

[an amused spectator]

Translation: “I get great pay and benefits, but I don’t know how to save a nickel.”

[Responsibility2nd]

You miss one paycheck already you can’t pay your bills?

[nikos1121]

Here we go. Get ready for this lobby.....

[dinodino]

Maybe Mr. Bradley Jones should call Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and tell them to hurry the hell up and agree to President Trump’s terms...oh, and Mr. Jones should open a savings account.

[Sacajaweau]

They got paid...what’s the problem?

[marktwain]

Yes. I suspect most Coast Guard personnel are with the President on this.

But lots of people live paycheck to paycheck.

[Maskot]

What I’m most surprised about is they actually print a name. No “anonymous sources say....” BS.

“Bradley” could still be a fake though. Don’t trust ANY media

[laplata]

Pitiful.

[Olog-hai]

Like more than 1,100 other Coast Guard personnel living and working in the Tampa Bay area, Jones, 26, got a temporary reprieve when the Trump administration and the service branch came up with a reported $75 million to fund paychecks due Jan 1. But beyond that, there are no guarantees. …

Pure editorializing and rhetoric.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Not missed a single paycheck yet ...

[Menehune56]

Irony alert. The official motto of the USCG is “Semper Paratus,” Latin for “Always Prepared.”

[livius]

I thought Trump had worked out a way to get them paid? They’re under DHS and not defense.

[bray]

Amazing how the Marxist are all of the sudden Pro-Military when they can use them for a club. Where are the sob stories about the EPA paper pushers not being paid?

[SkyDancer]

I thought Trump okay’d pay for the Coasties.

[Swirl]

Im sure most any bank will be quite willing to give them a low interest loan using the pay that they will eventually receive once the furlough is over.... unless they are financially unstable.

[Olog-hai]

The author, working on his Bob Ross look. Wonder who he’s sitting among, here?

[Agatsu77]

So vote for a republican next time you morons. If you are in the service, any service you should already know the dems want you gone. You know what they think of the military.

[Driver32]

And do the math....$75,000,000 / 1,100 = $68,181.82

[Vaduz]

But he has a big screen TV and a BMW wondering where all his money went.