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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:27 PM Original message |
If there is a government shutdown, does the US military get shutdown? |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. It didn't in 1995. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course not, silly. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The MIC "is" the country anymore! That's our #1 product. n/t |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Soldiers get paid. Contractors and vendors (the MIC) do not. nt |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What about the 3 wars? |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yep. Some civilian employees and contractors will get furloughed. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. My cousin, whose husband is in the AF, says he won't be paid. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nope. All that money we don't have still flows to the MIC. Makes a LOT of sense, eh? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have a friend in the military (stateside) who says he won't be paid |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Don't worry. They have credit cards. |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, there will be "essential" and "non-essential" people |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hah! Nothing, nothing, stops our most Sacred of Sacred Cows from getting fed. |
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