It's all a matter of priorities, the government doesn't borrow every penny. The only reason the military won't get paid is if the pResident decides they aren't a high enough priority compared to his cronies.
It's not in his hands. By law non-discretionary spending has to be paid. Defense is considered discretionary spending. For Defense to be funded before Social Security checks, Congress would have to pass legislation to do it.
89 posted on 10/15/2013 7:53:08 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
It's not in his hands. By law non-discretionary spending has to be paid. Defense is considered discretionary spending. For Defense to be funded before Social Security checks, Congress would have to pass legislation to do it.
Spite House says "In a government shutdown, Social Security checks still go out on time," Obama said. "In an economic shutdown, if we don't raise the debt ceiling, they don't go out on time."
You can bet the EBT cards get filled BEFORE SS checks go out.
93 posted on 10/15/2013 8:19:50 AM PDT by Cheerio
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