Ace2cool wrote:Remember the whole "government shutdown?" Yeah, that *almost* applied to the military as well. Thing is, you can't shut down the military like an on/off light switch. We stayed working, not knowing whether or not we were actually going to be paid. Sure, there was talk that it would be paid back to us when the budget had been more thoroughly discussed, but the bottom line was the fact that we almost went without a paycheck for the allotted time that we were still working. Early talk was that it may have been extended for as long as a month's time.
What is it you think President Obama should have done? You know it's Congress, and not him, that pays you, right? He signs the checks, but only when
they say he can.
The only "government shutdown" we almost had was back in April when Congress
almost didn't pass a law saying that the United States should spend anything. I guarantee you that President Obama wasn't out there demanding that Congress cut your pay. If you're referring to the debt ceiling crisis, there was never, legally, a shutdown. If the Government didn't pay you, you had a right to sue, as did every other employee and contractor that Congress refused to allow the President to pay for without removing the requirement that they be paid. While the President has a great deal of control over your life, as an active service-member, the one thing he has almost no control over is your paycheck.
In each case, it was Congressional a**-hattery that was bringing you down, not the President. It seems odd that you'd be pissed at him. Oh, and I am more than happy to call Captain Orange, the Turtle, and Angelina Jolie petulant children.
