Dotard’s Shutdown Is A Disaster For Military Families

Thursday, December 19, 2024

A partial government shutdown this weekend could delay troops' paychecks at the start of the new year and shutter some base recreation activities just before Christmas, yielding a stressful holiday season for military families. Congress has until midnight Friday to pass legislation extending the federal budget into the spring and avoiding a government shutdown. House and Senate leaders appeared to have a deal in place on Wednesday morning, but the plans were thrown into disarray when President-elect Donald Trump came out in opposition to the plan Wednesday afternoon.

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The------------- and his puppet master Leon really have it in for the suckers and losers.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-12-19 09:05 PM

This is icing on the Presidential cake... sticking it to said suckers and losers, and shutting down the government they were elected to operate, not shut down.

But there was always going to be some pain in this Fascist take-over of the Gov.

Soldiers and Seniors, who needs 'em?

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-19 09:47 PM

I hear the military overwhelmingly votes Republican.

This must be what they wanted.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-12-19 10:00 PM

it seems strange that these interviewers never ask Musk how the aged and disabled should be cared for.
i get the impression it's: if you(family) cannot pay, just die sooner?

#4 | Posted by ichiro at 2024-12-19 10:41 PM

It seems strange that these interviewers never ask Musk how the aged and disabled should be cared for.
i get the impression it's: if you(family) cannot pay, just die sooner?

Posted by ichiro at 2024-12-19 10:41 PM | Reply

They don't care one iota about those people. It's all about them and their money. That's what these schmucks care about.

#5 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-12-19 10:45 PM

Having been military, only working in joint environments with all services + federal civilians + DoD contractors ...

Government shutdowns do not save any money whatsoever! The civs get furloughed, and any holiday leave they have planned for next week will be cancelled as they are also not allowed to come to work* (and not allowed to take leave). Over the last decade+, the unpaid, unworked hours from those folks have all received full back pay for ... nothing!

Military members have to show up and often USAA and NFCU cover military pay to their AD members until a CR or funding bill passes.

Contractors in fully funded contracts will be there, ensuring the lights stay on - as long as the facility is declared essential, and there are some military members or essential/excepted gov employees to enact action/change/implement the products done by contractor employees ... but is this whole situation what people want as taxpayers?

*there will be some limited essential/excepted fed civs, ensuring the totality of operations aren't being run by contractors and semi-unpaid military members.

#6 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-12-20 02:16 AM

In my headcannon of funding government operations, the DoD should be fully funded and not subject to political whims for paying troops who are already pre-positionedon a global scale.

Alas, it does feel like military pay is kept in stasis to be used as a forcing function to get these CR or funding measures passed, as there would be less bipartisan political will to fund operations which are predominantly federal civilian dominated.

#7 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-12-20 02:20 AM

This is the first major Donald F--- Up of what will be known as the Donald F--- Up Administration.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2024-12-20 08:48 AM

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