One can’t afford to pay the mortgage on his new home. Another is struggling to pay medical bills incurred by his wife’s terminal cancer. A third feels humiliated and degraded, finding it difficult to even pay bills in full and on time.
FBI agents working without pay are struggling to make ends meet as the historic partial government shutdown enters its second month, according to a report from the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), a group that advocates for 14,000 current and former FBI agents. The document, which shares anonymous anecdotes from dozens of FBI agents, details the financial strain on agents and their families and the significant blow the lapse in funding has meant for the bureau’s operations and ongoing investigations.
“I am proud to be an Agent, proud to serve my country, and willing to sacrifice my life in defense of the people and the Constitution,” says an FBI agent based in the Western region. “But to have my family placed in the financial situation we are currently facing due to partisan politics is disgusting to me as a government employee and a citizen.”
View the complete January 22 article by Jennifer Calfas on the Money website here.