What is the risk of politicizing the military? THEY decide what is good for the country. A coup!
"The Dangerous Politicization of the Military"
By asking active-duty personnel to lobby Congress in their own self-interest, President Trump crossed an important line.
Andrew Exum Jul 24, 2017
" . . . aside from Douglas MacArthur’s repeated (and successful) attempts to embarrass himself and his profession, Americans have rarely had to worry about the U.S. military and its leadership as a threat to the Republic.Current and former U.S. military officers take great pride, in fact, in the way in which the active-duty officer corps is seen as being above politics."
But Tweety and Mike Pence are trying to politicize the military, it would appear, and the Government shutdown is their latest initiative.
"All Americans, though, can do their part by denouncing attempts to mobilize the military as a political actor. The military must be preserved as an instrument of political power, not as a political end itself. And if the military is brought down a peg or two in the public imagination as a result, that’s okay."
Mike Pence does not understand military pay will not stop even during a shutdown of the Government. How can he not know that? He DOES know it, but chooses to reach out to the military for support in HIS POLITCAL WARS. Bad idea.
Military pay continues in a government shutdown. PERIOD! The pay might be delayed, but our military will get every penny owed. Congress does not have the balls to not pay delayed pay, and never would consider not paying their / our military for obvious reasons. The military protects us and they carry guns!
For the military to NOT get back pay due to the delay of passing a budget, the Congress would have to PURPOSELY leave out their back pay in the budget they pass. That will NEVER happen. It is silly to even suggest it can happen.
"Pence accuses Democrats of playing politics with military pay"
by Associated Press
"During a government shutdown, all military members are required to report for work as usual. Troops cannot be paid for duty performed after the shutdown began Saturday, but their paychecks will be delayed only if the government closure lasts beyond Feb. 1. That's because pay is issued only twice a month, on the first and the 15th. "
"Government shutdown 2018: Will the U.S. military get paid?"
"By Emily Tillett CBS News January 21, 2018, 4:47 PM
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-will-the-u-s-military-be-paid/
"Do members of the military get paid during a shutdown?
Only once Congress acts. According to the Department of Defense, the military, along with "essential" civilians, will not be paid until funds are appropriated. Troops will continue to earn their paychecks but won't receive them unless and until a new spending bill that includes backpay is passed.
The 1.3 million uniformed military personnel will still be on duty and national security operations will continue. But paychecks will be further delayed if the shutdown lasts beyond Feb. 1, because pay is issued only twice a month, on the first and the 15th.
"Congress has to go back after the shutdown is over and vote to pay them for the time during the furlough," Office and Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday."
"Fact check: Would the military be harmed by government shutdown?"
ROBERT BURNS and HOPE YEN Of The Associated Press 19 Jan 2018
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-government-shutdown-military-20180119-story.html
"ASHINGTON (AP) — It's a stretch, at best, to think the military would bear the brunt of a partial government shutdown, as President Donald Trump asserted Thursday at the Pentagon."
I think the Wall is foremost on Tweety's mind.
"TRUMP: “If the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it's been handled over the last long period of time — many years.”
THE FACTS: The United States is not at risk of shutting down at all. Neither is the entire government, for that matter.
In a nutshell, a partial shutdown would mean that hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be idled, some national parks could close, and certain other services, deemed non-essential, would stop.
But the air traffic control system, food inspection, Medicare, veterans' health care and many other essential government programs would run as before. The Social Security Administration would continue to pay benefits and take applications. The Postal Service would run as usual, and the 1.3 million uniformed military personnel would still be on duty. National security operations would continue.
Whether they work through a partial shutdown or not, federal workers can't get paid during a lapse in funding. In the past, however, they have been repaid retroactively even if they were ordered to stay home."
Go read it IF YOU WANT THE FACTS, NOT TWEETY BULLSHIT.
"Pence accuses Congress of playing politics with military pay"
By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press Jan 21, 2018 4:55 PM CST
"NEAR THE SYRIAN BORDER (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence, weighing in from the Middle East on the shutdown in Washington, accused the U.S. Congress of playing politics with military pay, and told American soldiers stationed near the Syrian border that the Trump administration would demand that lawmakers reopen the government.
Pence said service members and their families "shouldn't have to worry about getting paid."
"Despite bipartisan support for a budget resolution, a minority in the Senate has decided to play politics with military pay," Pence said at the base, speaking in front of a large U.S. flag and a line of soldiers dressed in military fatigues. "But you deserve better.""
