US Gov. Shutdown Will Delay Pay to Troops

Miscellaneous General
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOVERNMENT_SHUTDOWN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-06-11-51-27

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration warned Wednesday that a federal shutdown would undermine the economic recovery, delay pay to U.S. troops fighting in three wars, slow the processing of tax returns and limit small business loans and government-backed mortgages during peak home buying season.

The dire message, delivered two days before the federal government’s spending authority expires, appeared aimed at jolting congressional Republicans into a budget compromise. Billions of dollars apart, congressional negotiators were working to strike a deal by Friday to avert a shutdown by setting spending limits through the end of September. The last such shutdown took place 15 years ago and lasted 21 days.

President Barack Obama telephoned House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday, and Boehner’s office said the speaker told Obama he was hopeful a deal could be reached."

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No, it will not. Assuming the “Shutdown” is real which it isn’t, soldiers get paid second to last, politicians and high level bureaucrats get paid first. Every government since Ancient Rome has been terrified of having an armed rebellion come from the army it created. Why do you think the US Government changed the guards on the President in 1902 away from the US Military. This is especially true for officers.

And even if some soldiers fail to get paid during the “Shutdown”, they will simply get paid later after the “Shutdown” ends. The whole thing is a big “Dog and Pony Show.”

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I really wish that the were the case, but the fact is that that there will be no government shutdown. The troops get paid way too much anyway. They should get paid nothing.

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It won’t… a government “shutdown” is not a real government shutdown…

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I should think that’s a good thing.

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This is the purpose of the “shutdown” - it’s the government’s way of reminding its dependents which side their bread is buttered on. It’s not just US troops, it’s veterans, Federal bureaucrats, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and tax-return recipients who get a “wake up call.”

Clayton -

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Isn’t this just the logical consequence of statism? The state goes bankrupt.

I just wish there weren’t so much regime uncertainty so that things could go smoothly…