OK, I have to say this: I worked as a federal employee for about 5 years. I was a supervisor for all 5 years. I was supervising about 20 people during the 2013 shutdown. I had one employee who earned ~$60,000 a year. She was married to another federal employee who also earned ~$60,000 a year. She went into a hysterical meltdown at the start of the shutdown because, on a joint income of ~$120,000, she and her husband were living paycheck to paycheck and could not survive the loss of even one paycheck. I found, to my amazement, that almost none of my well-compensated staff could survive the loss of one paycheck.
I hope Mr. Black understand that there are well-compensated, spendthrift federal employees living beyond their means who are going to take advantage of him.
The mainstream media hates Trump so will publish all the most tragic-sounding tales of whiny federal employees. I think this shutdown, like the 2013 shutdown, is simply exposing how many federal employees manage their money poorly, live beyond their means and save nothing.