The NY Times conveniently leaves out Tanisha's GS 13 salary of $104,275 (in 2017) when they describe her plight. Just pure propaganda. I'm not saying there aren't federal employees that will be hurt by the shutdown, there are and I think the shutdown is stupid. But come on, this is not journalism, it's propaganda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/paychecks-government-shutdown.html
https://www.federalpay.org/employees/bureau-of-the-census/keller-tanisha-y
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/paychecks-government-shutdown.html
https://www.federalpay.org/employees/bureau-of-the-census/keller-tanisha-y