Laid Off IRS Worker Goes on Hunger Strike

I'm sure this story will leave readers misty eyed. Donna Smith of Morrow, Ohio is going on a hunger strike to protest the government shutdown. She says she is doing right well, thank you but she heard some mothers say that they worried that they won't have money to feed their children. Oh yes, Mrs. Smith works the IRS but she works in the division that advocates for taxpayers so she's on everyone's side. I suppose one could go on a hunger strike and eventually the local media would notice that the person was not eating and think that this is a great story but I suspect that Mrs. Smith had to shop her chronicle of epic sacrifice. She seems to have done a wonderful job at that too. This post is sourced by articles in the UK Daily Mail and My Philly Fox TV in Philadelphia both of which are pretty far from the Cincinnati area. The Daily Mail reports;
So far, Smith has not eaten in more than four days. She has been living on tea, water and nutritional shakes.
Some readers may grouse that living on only tea, water, and nutritional shakes is usually referred to as a diet but, hey, it's for the children. We may be looking at another Malala Yousufzai or Kim Kardashian or even a future Lois Lerner!