ColeGraham

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These asses need to get their heads out of their asses...

god damn lawmakers...i am not sure if this will happen. but if it does, it stay my decision to stay in or get out in another direction. and the worse part, my brothers and sisters overseas will be fighting and dying without a ******* pay check. complete bull ****.

Air Force Times

Army Times

Navy Times


Marine Corps Times

all the same article, but i figured each branch would like to go to their own site.

UnsafeAtAnySpd

That would suck. I kind of like getting paid to go to work.

Everyone on PRP should go down for experiencing financial hardship...

jasonk

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Prp and flight/jump status as well

chitown21y

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Makes me sick. Our troops are risking everything over there for us and this is how we repay them...

Obama for ya!

kzeliminator

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It says they will still be paid, I got out of the marines in 06, I know that our staff ncos would be be flipping out if they didnt get paid

whisler151

Glad I served under Bush...Ooh Rah

Winning

ColeGraham

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they have until 1 April to get the budget looked in, after that all government funding, including pay checks, will stop. what you might have read was that something similar to this happened in 1995. that time the military pay didnt stop, but this time that prevision written in that is would not stop military pay. but this time, that prevision is missing. so if they dont approve a budget by then, then we get to work for no pay.

chances are that wont happen, but just the possibly makes me nervous. my bills dont stop because my pay checks do.

i did too...but now i am seeing the other side. i am not a republican nor am i a democrat. i am am in the "pull your head out of your ***" party. i liked my an average 3.5% pay raises each year, to the new one of 1.8%.

SimplistikTA

Congress not passing the budget is equal to not doing your job in my opinion. Most people who don't do their jobs get fired. Me I get fired, and depending on the severity of it, I receive the equivilant of a felony criminal conviction. If I don't do my job in the most extreme of circumstances, myself and my soldiers get dead. I have mouths to feed. If I don't get paid, I'm going to find another job. Who's going to stop me? The guys in charge who also aren't getting paid and have mouths to feed?

ColeGraham

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if you read your enlistment, you are guaranteed at least your base pay. and since your enlistment is a contract, the DoD and federal government is in breach of contract. and you can sue them, not sure how far that will go haha, but everyone could revolt and file a class action suit.

babrown18

**** sucks bro.. ive been calling all my old heads and they said that its been threatened before, but the Military has never followed through on it.. im crossing my fingers.

-SSgt USAF Andrews AFB Presidental Security

Domsz06

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they will pass the budget, they always do.

Don't believe everything you read cole....

ColeGraham

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i am 90% sure they will, but that bit of the unknown makes me nervous. just because (if) my paycheck stops, doesnt mean my bills will. when someone mess with my living, and way of life, i tend to be a little nervous. just like almost anyone else in that situation. you ask 100 people "what would you do if there was a rumor going around that your 'company' might have to stop all pay check due to a budget issues?". i bet dollars to doughnuts that the VAST majority will be pissed/nervous about it, even if its just a maybe.

but if this does happen, holy hell there will be mass revolt in the ranks.

rottnrog

Congressmen be they Dem, Pub, or Ind. will still get paid so what do they care. Not to forget almost all of them are millionaires anyway !!!!

CTSVBiggie

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I am awaiting a new budget as well. Ill take a cost of living freeze. Just avoid the furloughs and layoffs.

Atleast pass a continuing resolution for the rest of the year. PLEASE

liqidvenom

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this... having rich people tall us how to live within certain financial constraints they dont understand baffles me. since Jan nothing but bitching has been going on and nothing has gotten done. why are we still paying them for?

CTSVBiggie

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cause the people who decide their salaries. Are more or less them selves.

What about all the other perks? Health care for free for LIFE? housing? cars? and all their local lobbiests contributions to their well being. Its business not leadership they are working on.

This country needs more statesmen who are for the country and not themselves.

liqidvenom

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Yeah it baffles me how they can take multiple vacations while important things need to get done. Say health care isnt the gov job to provide... yet the gov provides it for them.

the housing, cars and pocket money they steal are more examples of them being hypocritical when they speak.

CTSVBiggie

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I love my government job. And just hope they get this budget stuff fixed soon. Its such a BS move to have things so up in the air for a year we are already 6 months into.

liqidvenom

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according to the politians you are a drain on the economy and get paid to high compared to private industry....

which is just speak for saying that they are mad you dont work for them so they could have a company making money off you instead.

CTSVBiggie

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I have been here almost a year. And I feel I am worth what they pay. I started as a GS9 and fully expect to be a GS11 sometime this year.

But I would do just abuot anything they need me to. So I just hope they get things passed.

If it comes to layoffs/furloughs ill be very worried.