For anyone wondering about the Government budget stuff...

[Mighty NorCal]

Yea, military pay is cut in half for the 15th, and will be nothing come the 1st. For real.

 

[Барбоса]

Any word of the government cutting their own pay on the far side of the Pond?

No such luck over here

 

[Tastycles]

I believe I'm correct in saying Gordon Brown's last act was to cut his own pay. As Cameron had already said he'd take a percentage cut, it was reduced further. It's possibly bullshit, but that is spectacularly excellent bitterness in action.

 

[klunderbunker]

And mainly over things like Planned Parenthood. Unreal.

 

[Stormtrooper]

Knowing congress, they'll still be paid in full. As will the President. And all other politicians. Just the working class people who need the money to pay the bills will have their pay cut.

Fucking politics.

 

[Shocky]

Won't the military be retroactively paid for the hours they put in during the closure?

Besides, these things last about 4 or 5 days most, hell, most of us were alive for the last one, and probably didn't even notice.

 

[Stormtrooper]

Besides, these things last about 4 or 5 days most, hell, most of us were alive for the last one, and probably didn't even notice.

Last year, Pennsylvania (state) workers didn't get paid for about 3 or 4 weeks, before the Governor got his head out of his ass and and allowed for them to be paid.

Granted federal isn't state, but no matter what, if it means people (who might live paycheck to paycheck) don't get said paycheck, there's a major problem.

 

[klunderbunker]

Keep in mind with the last one there were actually two of them. One was about 6 days and the other was 6 weeks around Christmas. This isn't as cut and dry as it seems.

 

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[Mighty NorCal]

Won't the military be retroactively paid for the hours they put in during the closure?

Besides, these things last about 4 or 5 days most, hell, most of us were alive for the last one, and probably didn't even notice.

yea, but that wont be til the first, if its resolved between now and then. What are people supposed to do in the right now?

and the fact they are retroactively paid makes this whole thing ok?

 

[klunderbunker]

yea, but that wont be til the first, if its resolved between now and then. What are people supposed to do in the right now?

and the fact they are retroactively paid makes this whole thing ok?

Older veterans also. My uncle served in WWII and lives off social security (which will be the next big battle. This is just the dark match for that one) and his VA benefits. He's in poor health but hey, the GOP has decided that defunding Planned Parenthood is more important than taking care of the people that have fought or fight for the country so it's all ok right?

 

[Kenny Powers]

At this point, nothing the GOP does surprises me. Let's shutdown the government so women don't have access to that evil plan parenthood and so we can please the idiots in the tea party. Unreal.

 

[Shocky]

yea, but that wont be til the first, if its resolved between now and then. What are people supposed to do in the right now?

and the fact they are retroactively paid makes this whole thing ok?

It's probably going to suck. I don't understand how the military is considered non essential myself. It doesn't make it OK, but it's fucking politics, and this is the system we're stuck in.

Older veterans also. My uncle served in WWII and lives off social security (which will be the next big battle. This is just the dark match for that one) and his VA benefits. He's in poor health but hey, the GOP has decided that defunding Planned Parenthood is more important than taking care of the people that have fought or fight for the country so it's all ok right?

Social Security has been butchered to all hell and back. It resembles nothing of what it was orginally meant to be. LBJ fucked that whole thing royally when he made it apart of the general fund instead of keeping it separate like it was supposed to.

I don't put too much stock in the Planned Parenthood thing. That's simply the Democrats trying to save face with their constituents when they ultimately agree to something that will piss off their party base. The Republicans throw some shit out about how the Democrats won't agree to reduce the budget, in the end both sides save face.

Both parties can't afford for anything to begin, let alone be drug out. I'd be shocked if something isn't agreed upon in the next 5 hours.

 

[klunderbunker]

Social Security has been butchered to all hell and back. It resembles nothing of what it was orginally meant to be. LBJ fucked that whole thing royally when he made it apart of the general fund instead of keeping it separate like it was supposed to.

I don't put too much stock in the Planned Parenthood thing. That's simply the Democrats trying to save face with their constituents when they ultimately agree to something that will piss off their party base. The Republicans throw some shit out about how the Democrats won't agree to reduce the budget, in the end both sides save face.

Both parties can't afford for anything to begin, let alone be drug out. I'd be shocked if something isn't agreed upon in the next 5 hours.

I'd be willing to put a bet down against that.

 

[Smooth Sexual Chocolate]

Very fucked up, not at all surprising.

 

[Tiger Chaos Theory]

I'd be willing to put a bet down against that.

Same.

 

[Slyfox696]

Knowing congress, they'll still be paid in full. As will the President. And all other politicians.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/04/congress-pay-government-shutdown-/1

Of course, it's not like it matters. We all know the money these politicians make from their federal job doesn't begin to compare to the money they make from their bribes campaign contributions.