CPO Jon Campbell495417<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If DHS is not funded then around 200,000 people would have to work without getting paid - including about 40,000 active duty Coast Guard personnel. (Reservists apparently wouldn't drill and wouldn't get paid.) <br />What do you think about Congress using the Coast Guard (DHS) as a political lever? What would an appropriate response or message to Congress and the public be from the other branches if DHS is left unfunded?Work without pay?2015-02-24T15:17:46-05:00CPO Jon Campbell495417<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If DHS is not funded then around 200,000 people would have to work without getting paid - including about 40,000 active duty Coast Guard personnel. (Reservists apparently wouldn't drill and wouldn't get paid.) <br />What do you think about Congress using the Coast Guard (DHS) as a political lever? What would an appropriate response or message to Congress and the public be from the other branches if DHS is left unfunded?Work without pay?2015-02-24T15:17:46-05:002015-02-24T15:17:46-05:00LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU®495425<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am hoping that this is a bluff and there are ways around this if it does happen. We can't afford for this to happen!Response by LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU® made Feb 24 at 2015 3:23 PM2015-02-24T15:23:03-05:002015-02-24T15:23:03-05:002015-02-24T15:17:46-05:00