Nuff said...

[Monty]

Support our troops, and don't get this thread deleted, please. Show some respect for these guys.

[Reddog170]

Yea I agree they got it bad. They defend our rights and freedoms, willingly walk into harms way, and give everything they have for this country. In return we might give them a medal and a handshake. I have a lot of respect for those guys, and pray for there safe return. Shaun

[ragtop69gs]

Sorry, but I gotta call BS here. A Fed. shutdown will NOT effect military pay or social security payments.

[Monty]

Ummm...do some research.

 

 

There's always gotta be one, doesn't there.

[Freebird]

You are only half right. Please, let's not argue it here. Everbody just do their own research or believe what you wish.

 

Either way, I still support our troops.

[CaptainJoe]

"Either way, I still support our troops. "

 

I think we can all agree on that!

[Condor]

This thread is going to go political quicker than a rumor in DC....

[Monty]

Military pay is a touchy subject and could be at risk if the federal government shuts down. While expressing hopes that a federal shutdown will be avoided, the U.S. Defense Department said it has plans in place in case the shutdown becomes reality.

 

"The department remains hopeful that a government shutdown will be averted," Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said Thursday in a message to Pentagon workers. "However, prudent management requires that we plan for an orderly shutdown should Congress be unable to pass a funding bill before our current funding expires on April 8."

 

Operations and activities essential to safety, protection of human life and protection of U.S. national security, are "excepted" from the shutdown, Lynn said. The Defense Department will maintain operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Japan; Libya-related support operations and "other operations and activities essential to the security of our nation."

 

Military personnel aren't subject to furlough and will report for duty as normal, he said.

 

Civilian employees will be briefed by their supervisors by Friday on whether "their work and responsibilities fall into excepted or non-excepted status," Lynn said.

 

"The fact that certain functions are not excepted or that certain personnel may be subject to furlough should not be taken as a statement that the secretary or I or the department do not value those functions or employees," he said.

 

If the government shuts down, the Defense Department "will have no funds to pay military members or civilian employees for the days during which the government is shut down," his message said. "However, both military and civilian personnel will receive pay for the period worked prior to the shutdown."

 

Personnel in excepted positions are entitled to be paid for work during the shutdown, and will be paid retroactively once funding becomes available, Lynn said. Congress would have to provide the Pentagon authority to retroactively pay non-excepted employees.

 

Retirees aren't paid from annually appropriated funds, so their benefits should continue uninterrupted, he said.

 

Source: UPI

[SC89Venture]

Republicans have put a plan though for the military to get paid. Obama will veto it, yet keep paying for abortions thru planned parenthood.

 

I guess this may put this over the edge, oh well.

[M61A1MECH]

I wonder , do the congressmen and the senators get paid? Just asking.

[MiCarl]

I wonder , do the congressmen and the senators get paid? Just asking.

 

You can't be serious? Of course they get paid. Not sure about their staffs though.

[hig4s]

Sorry, but I gotta call BS here. A Fed. shutdown will NOT effect military pay or social security payments.

 

 

The federal budget failed to pass twice while I was in the military, both times pay was stopped until the budget finally passed.

 

And yes, the politicians have passed laws over the years, that make sure politicians keep getting paid even when there is no budget.