'My 10-year-old daughter offered to cut back spending': US workers struggle without pay due to shutdown

It was something his 10-year-old daughter said that hammered home the impact of the US government shutdown for Victor Payes.  The security guard at Los Angeles’s main airport had already been working for free for a fortnight when Haley, the oldest of his two girls, spoke up.  “I understand if there are certain things we shouldn’t pay for right now,” Mr Payes recalled Haley telling him. She was offering to cut back to help the family.  He waved away the conc