Military Pay and Budget!!!

[Hellionz]

So it's official checked my LES and I'm getting payed 1/2 the amount I would get payed on the 15th! Bet them bas$&87) in Congress getting full pay. All my friends are reporting the same thing. Really sucks.

[Cyrus]

Bro that sucks I am prior active USAF and bunch of my buddies going through it as well. Here hoping for the best.

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[northbridge]

ugh, disgusting. i cant believe this is really about to happen.

[VTEC Mini]

Yes it is absolute B.S.! People in prison and welfare are getting there checks but not our brave men and women. Just so you know Bachmann and 86 other House members are not excepting there pay and Bachmann is trying to push through an emergency bill so the members of our armed services get paid. But, guess who is blocking that and It's not the Republicans. Just remember this come November 2012. Also remember this budget was supposed to be passed when the Dem's had full control of congress and the oval office before last November's elections.

[dfried]

>> Bet them bas$&87) in Congress getting full pay

Good bet.

[northbridge]

Originally Posted by VTEC Mini

Yes it is absolute B.S.! People in prison and welfare are getting there checks but not our brave men and women. Just so you know Bachmann and 86 other House members are not excepting there pay and Bachmann is trying to push through an emergency bill so the members of our armed services get paid. But, guess who is blocking that and It's not the Republicans. Just remember this come November 2012. Also remember this budget was supposed to be passed when the Dem's had full control of congress and the oval office before last November's elections.

Agreed with the first half. Our armed forces deserve their pay and more for the work they do.

Second half: from CNN

Democrats said Republicans were hung up on abortion and other issues related to women's health. Republicans insisted that the size of spending reductions was still the main cause of the dispute.

"This all deals with women's health. Everything (else) has been resolved. Everything," Reid said Friday morning. "It's an ideological battle. It has nothing to do with fiscal integrity in this country."

Not as cut and dry as your post would indicate. EIther way this will most likely be my last comment on the subject. Remember the universal tip: when making conversation avoid religion and politics. Everyone has an opinion no matter what. I respect yours but i dont want to get sucked into a debate

[Zodiak]

I won't comment on my political standing. However I will say if it starts with "Democrats say" or "Republicans say" its probably not the whole the truth. In reality, the only people who know exactly what issues are holding up the bill are the people who are there. Of course Republicans will blame Democrats, and Democrats will blame Republicans, its all about political posturing, and has very little, if anything, to do with what is best for our country.

[VTEC Mini]

Originally Posted by northbridge

Agreed with the first half. Our armed forces deserve their pay and more for the work they do.

Second half: from CNN

Democrats said Republicans were hung up on abortion and other issues related to women's health. Republicans insisted that the size of spending reductions was still the main cause of the dispute.

"This all deals with women's health. Everything (else) has been resolved. Everything," Reid said Friday morning. "It's an ideological battle. It has nothing to do with fiscal integrity in this country."

Not as cut and dry as your post would indicate. EIther way this will most likely be my last comment on the subject. Remember the universal tip: when making conversation avoid religion and politics. Everyone has an opinion no matter what. I respect yours but i dont want to get sucked into a debate

I would expect you wouldn't hear from CNN about the emergency bill Bachmann tried to put through so our service men and women WOULD get paid or the 86 members who are refusing there pay until this gets resolved. That is cut and dry, period. This has everything to do with politics and I agree with your tip which I try to follow but when it comes to the Military I will not stay silent. They fight for us and they need someone to fight for them.

I know about the "women's health". Why don't they call it what it is- federal paid abortion. That's not very "cut and dry" is it changing the name to something else? They change the name to get sympathy from the public. Since 98% of the abortions are done out of convenience rather than "women's health", yes I am for the stop of the funding.

[Scotty001]

I am hoping and 99% sure that if this is not resolved over the weekend, that a emergency bill without any stipulations will be passed to keep our active duty and reserve forces paid. With the US publicly involved in 3 engagements involving hundreds of thousands of our uniformed members - to not do so would be so outrageous it would be...

The little children in DC are giving us and embarrassingly so - the world - some drama for the moment. Remember, whether Democrat, Republican to include Tea-baggers, we put them there.

Maybe "we the people" are at fault - wanting fiscal security but are so affronted when social programs are at risk... I think the original idea was that "we the people" would help our communities and neighbors - not the government. Plausible Deniability. We are a confused nation in transition. Be interesting where it goes in the next decade or 2. The rest of the world is shouting "freedom" and we are potentially becoming more....???

Enrolling your children in a language class would be a good idea. As things are going Chinese or Arabic might be good choices. "we the people".

[TheSeer]

Years and years of out of control spending and they are wrangling over what, $38 billion? They need to be cutting HUNDREDS of billions just to get back to break even! Why isn't the argument over $500 billion in cuts?