The nation’s third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay. While they would receive back pay once the impasse ends, many military families live paycheck to paycheck.
During previous shutdowns, Congress passed legislation to ensure that troops kept earning their salaries, but time is running out before they miss their first paycheck in less than a week.
It annoys me when they talk about helping some and not others in this kind of thing. people in other agencies have families to.
Yes, but the military cannot just quit and find another job. They are not told to “go home and wait until a budget is passed.” And they must bear the associated costs of operation that they would typically get reimbursed for.
It’s not that people in other agencies aren’t suffering, it’s that most those in the military would be the first to have problems that both affect the individual and the government’s power.
As another (but silly) counterpoint, the government shutdown affects every citizen, nay, the world itself. Since the USA is such an important world power, the act of shutting down has wide consequences if it goes on long enough. So won’t you think of the billionaires?