No paychecks for troops????

[nativetexan]

What the?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364275,00.html

[oldksnarc]

Not paying our military, most who are hurting already after being called up from civilian jobs? The dems, who said a year or so ago they'd do this if they didn't get their way, are obviously following thru with their promises. This is horse**** (sorry Buckee). No wonder their words and their proclamation of support for the troops always sounds so hollow.

[OJR]

Wonderful!

Isn't this just a great way to treat the people who are defending us?:mad:

Wait until Obama gets in! The military will not get any support!:mad:

[buckee]

This is horse-pucky (sorry Buckee).

No need to apologize. I agree with you completely, and I'm not a mod here any more.

[wtnhunt]

This is an opportunity for Congress to give our men and women in uniform the tools they need to protect us, and Congress should approve these vital funds immediately," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "Congress has had this funding request for more than a year, and there is no reason for further delay."

But the dispute over the hotly contested bill, and the delay in getting it passed, is as much as anything due to demands from Bush that Democrats find unacceptable.

The bill contains unrelated domestic spending beyond Bush's $178 billion war funding request and the president has threatened a veto if it doesn't come out. Meanwhile, the White House wants to add money to the measure to let troops transfer ramped up GI Bill education benefits to their spouses or children.

Bush said that any further delay in passage will have dire consequences, such as temporary layoffs of civilian employees next month and no more paychecks for troops after July.

"Our men and women in uniform and their families deserve better than this," the president said. "They deserve the full support of Congress. I often hear members of Congress say they oppose the war but still support the troops. Now they have a chance to prove it."

Sickening that congress is holding this up. Could not agree more with President Bush.

[slugshooter]

I remember back when I was in the Air Force, in the mid-1990's, and a Republican congress, led by Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America, basically shut down the federal government because they didn't like something Clinton did, or was for, or blah, blah, blah. Museums in D.C. closed early, government workers didn't get their checks, but those of us in the military still got paid. It's political posturing...or better yet...a political pissing contest.

[stevebeilgard]

I remember back when I was in the Air Force, in the mid-1990's, and a Republican congress, led by Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America, basically shut down the federal government because they didn't like something Clinton did, or was for, or blah, blah, blah. Museums in D.C. closed early, government workers didn't get their checks, but those of us in the military still got paid. It's political posturing...or better yet...a political pissing contest.

what all the government workers actually got was a free, paid vacation. these government "shutdowns" always get funded in full. no government employee misses a dime.. and you're right... this is just a p contest and political posturing. all too much from all sides.