Jack Lyons, a contractor working on massive rocket test stands for NASA, stands in his workshop while spending the furlough on his small side business making props for marching bands, in Madison, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. “They’re trying to use people as bargaining chips, and it just isn’t right,” Lyons said.
When the nation’s capital was hit by almost a foot of snow this past weekend, Nick Elger saw a chance to make a buck.
Elger, 28, usually spends his days working for the Environmental Protection Agency, but he’s one of nearly 400,000 furloughed employees out of work during what’s become America’s longest government shutdown, NBC News reported.
“I’ve been getting stir crazy just sitting at home,” Elger said. “So I figured in the first few weeks I would just post some things on Craigslist.”
Source : Nbcnewyork
