tough financial challenges they face on twitter, using #shutdownstories. in wyoming, ernie johnson says thankfully his auto loan deferred his truck payment in january but if he doesn't receive back pay, he'll likely be evicted february 1st. lauren in pennsylvania tweets that she depended on child support from a federal corrections officer paycheck. without it, she says she won't have the funds for afterschool care or school lunch. and sarah waterson, who describes herself as a marine core veteran on twitter, puts her family's struggle into perspective saying, my children don't care about walls. they do care about having a warm house to live in, a car to ride in, clothes to wear and food in their bellies, none of which is possible if their mom can't go to work. candid thoughts from americans about the toll of policymakers bickering and the longer the shutdown drags on, the more widely the effects will be felt. let's discuss this now with u.s. spectator contributor and