Posted on 04/09/2011 11:44:44 AM PDT by darkwing104
Should the Federal Government shutdown this weekend most people wouldn’t feel the impact, in fact, they wouldn’t notice anything different. The people who would be impacted would be the men and women of the U.S. Military and their families. Without a resolution these brave men and women would not be paid until the situation is resolved. They will be given back pay for the time they serve at a later date. That fact doesn’t put groceries on the table or pay the bills.
How did we get into his situation?
The Democrats had control of Congress and the White House for the last two years, but during last year they neglected to perform their Constitutional duty to prepare and submit a budget. It was an election year and they didn’t want the public to know they were planning to raise our taxes in their ongoing assault no our freedoms. They should be ashamed of themselves. Military Wives and children who support the warriors should never go without for such follies but will carry on the home mission for promised deferred pay.
If this shutdown should occur the men and women of our military will selflessly remain on duty here and abroad without a gripe. Let’s see a bureaucrat walk patrol in Fallujah.
Hope
As reported in the Air Force Times. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and several other Congressmen are pushing through the “Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act” His “goal is to reassure service members and their families that no matter what happens with the federal budget, they will get paid.” The Congressman bluntly stated “The last thing they should be thinking about is whether they are going to be paid.”
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Thursday was significant concerning military pay, President Obama considered the “Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act” was nothing more than a distraction. That is what liberals like Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va think of our military! A distraction and a social experiment, what do you think the lifting of the Homosexual ban was?
My son ( at Ft Benning) just phoned me to say they were told that their April 15 paycheck would be a week short, and would be made up at the end of April.
I thought if they reached a deal this would not happen ..
Anyone got the correct poop ????
Less pay, more gay.
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
Pay is important but nobody uttered a word about the disruption of the supply and repair pipeline in the event of a shutdown. That conceivably could have resulted in military deaths or injuries and erosion of readiness. A much more serious issue that very few seem to give a dam* about.
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