For those who think the coming government shutdown is a positive thing, consider our military involved in combat, they will not be paid, the military families will not receive money. Not a positive action with troops in the field. Congress must resolve this en passe immediately.
A military service member involved in combat who has a family will not receive money for their food and necessities, our Congress are imbeciles if they think the military force will not be adversely effected by their inability to make decisions and pass a budget.
The last time this specific situation occurred was during the Regan administration in 1981, I remember it well as I was assigned in Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division. The military forces were not happy and contingency plans were made concerning en masse mutiny. Fortunately the budget was passed and our military families did not go without food.
The military services have emergency relief funds which would last maybe 2 weeks to feed their families and cover cases of extreme hardship in the case of a government shutdown.
If the shutdown occurs, the first active military payday occurs on the 15th of April, the reserve, the retired force and the disabled veterans will receive no pay if the government shutdown continues until the end of the month.
This situation will result in an increased terrorist threat of our nation if the shutdown occurs for more than 2 weeks.
Service Member families will be adversely affected, this will create serious morale problems within the active force and will be disastrous for military service recruitment.
Army Times story: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/03/military-contingency-plan-government-shutdown-031111w/
Air Force Times story concerning Continuing Resolution to fund Department of Defense: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/04/defense-house-to-fund-pentagon-040511w/
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