The U.S. Coast Guar budget as been cut just about ever year since 1990s.

The men in that uniform have very dangerous jobs

They rescue people from sinking ships. 
They do that even in the middle of hurricanes.

The not only take people from the decks, 
but also wade through water to save people trapped below decks.

When the Lee Wang Zin sank in the Inside Passage, I nearly drug the U.S.C.G.C. Laurel don with it.  My husband, the father of our children, was aboard that Cutter.

People complain about drug smuggling.
The U.S. Coast Guard is also an enforcer of those laws.

People complain about illegal immigration. 
The U.S. Coast Guard is also an enforcer of those laws.