US troops won't get paid during shutdown: Pentagon

Every year since I joined the military in 2003, the government has pretended that they weren't going to pass a budget and that Soldiers won't get paid. They are generally full of shit about this issue just like they are full of shit when it comes to nearly every other. Please stop electing career politicians for public office, they only want to hurt you.

The last time it actually happened was in the 90s, and it only lasted a week or so.

It's possible that the Soldiers won't get paid, but it will be the result of a bunch of wealthy old white men throwing a tantrum (both democrats and republicans alike) because they didn't get their way.

Once again, please stop re-electing congressman and governors. More importantly, please stop electing them to be president. They are almost universally evil, in addition to being incompetent, selfish, and petty.

Does this article really say that uniformed troops won't get paid but half of civilian defense department employees will?! Either this is another press fail or our government is even more fucked up than I thought.

Perhaps like the sequester earlier this year all the damage from the "shutdown" is just for show. After all "essential" services will continue and the government decides what is "essential".

Maybe we can all use the internet without the NSA watching during the shutdown too.