https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/work-without-pay <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? Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:17:46 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/work-without-pay <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? CPO Jon Campbell Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:17:46 -0500 2015-02-24T15:17:46-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/work-without-pay?n=495425&urlhash=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! LTC David S. Chang, ChFC®, CLU® Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:23:03 -0500 2015-02-24T15:23:03-05:00 2015-02-24T15:17:46-05:00