Summary
The Pentagon warns that a potential government shutdown by Friday will halt military paychecks during the holidays unless Congress reaches a funding agreement.
Troops, including overseas and reserve forces, must continue reporting for duty unpaid, with federal civilian workers also affected.
The issue stems from House Republicans abandoning a spending plan after criticism from Donald Trump and Elon Musk over unrelated provisions, leaving lawmakers scrambling for an alternative.
Military leaders caution that this funding lapse will cause widespread disruptions, though such outcomes have been partially mitigated in past shutdowns.
Oh god I hope so. Recruitment is already falling fast in the US. No one wants to be soldiers. Which good, USA needs to stop being a warmongering nation. Less soldiers equals less wars, it’s a simple numbers game. If you ALSO take away the paychecks of the few stupid enough to be loyal to this violent nation, well that’s it, we’re done.
*Edit: A literal starve the beast.
The numbers stopped adding up years ago. There are 1.5 military contractors (largely not US citizens) for every 1 enlisted soldier in the US military. We just pay people to fight our wars. Otherwise we would have to draft and people would get upset about our endless wars again.
You dont need a ton of people if you bomb everyone with autonomous drones, which is exactly what they are doing.
We can’t fight wars with only drones any more than we could fight them with only airpower. At some point, there are always boots on the ground.
Just deploy them. Then they won’t need their pay. I’m sure the US can find something for them to do.
Just turn it into severance. We need to cut the military
War with who? The only war that will happen will be because of the incoming administration.
They voted for it
inaction is a choice.
Good. Fuckem. Never seen a lazier lot than government employees, including military. Some of the kids they bring in start off hard working, but the old guard always corrects them into the old government standard. Do as little as possible to not get chewed out at the end of the day
