Selena Cooper, 25, is a federal worker in South Carolina. After the government shut down on Oct. 1, the office where she works was closed, and her paychecks stopped coming through. It didn’t take long before she found herself with an overdraft balance on her checking account and $4,000 in credit card debt. To add insult to injury, that’s after having paid off three credit cards just three months prior.
“And I need to pay my bill, pay my bill! But I can’t. The government is closed!” she sang, sharing her experience in a TikTok to the tune of the popular 4 Non Blondes song, “What’s Up.”
The video went viral — hitting home for many others in a similar spot.
There are about 2.9 million…