Of all the things that I thought could go wrong with Donald Trump as president, I never expected it to include federal employees being told to hold garage sales in January. But here we are.
The suggestion, as reported by The Washington Post, came courtesy of an employee-assistance program affiliated with the U.S. Coast Guard, which advised the Coast Guard’s 8,500 civilian employees missing their paychecks during the government shutdown to “consider making some lifestyle changes.” The document suggested employees “look for creative ways to reduce spending, such as getting movies and magazines from the library” and bring in some extra income by such methods as pet-sitting, tutoring, babysitting, working as a mystery shopper and, yes, holding a garage sale in the dead of winter.