NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- If lawmakers can't agree on a spending bill before the clock strikes midnight, a couple million federal workers won't be getting paychecks on time. Troops fighting in Afghanistan won't be paid on time either. Some 800,000 workers likely to be furloughed aren't guaranteed back pay. You know who will get paid? Members of Congress and President Obama. And their checks will arrive right on time.Hold on. Let me get out my shocked face. I mean, I know we're all just stunned that (once again) Congress exempts itself from the mess it creates for the rest of the country. It's almost like the Texas bill that would exempt legislators from restrictions on concealed carry, or exempting law enforcement from NFA regulations, or allowing retired police officers to carry nationwide (even in areas like NYC or IL that prohibit it outright), or any other number of instances where there are two sets of laws, one for the proles and one for the protected classes...
Unless and until our elected officials are forced to live under the laws they pass, we will continue to get bad laws...
That is all.
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Yeah, our men and women on the front lines in wars will not get paid but these assholes will...Rope, tree, politician - some assembly required.
They get paid and our military doesn't... Yeah, that's 'real' support... uh huh... sure... F**KING ASSHOLES...
Don't worry, they ARE going to be made to suffer. Haven't you heard? ALL Gov't Employees will have to turn in their Crackberrys, because the Gooberment can't pay the Bill. Wonder how Rep. Moonbeam from San Francisco, Kalifornia and Sen. Foghorn Cletus the 3rd. of Missibama will be able to call their Cronies and tell them that their Kickbacks and Gooberment Contracts and "Subsidies" are on hold? Tain't a pay phone left on Capital Hill! "What do you mean my phone was turned off? I was getting my Marching Orders from Soros! Sorry Mr. President, you'll have to use a desk phone."
What old NFO said.
27th Amendment, ratified by the states.
But this congress could pass a law that subsequent congresses would lose their pay during a shutdown...
+2 Old NFO
Tar + feather + rail
Gerry
People on welfare get paid on time. Congresspeople get paid on time. Military serving in harms way do NOT get paid on time. Unbelievable.
I haven't heard, but I bet a dollar their staffers get paid too.
Yeah Brigid, that bothers me too.
People who work are sent home and not paid, except for the military who would have been sent to work and not paid.
But they can't allow any welfare checks to not go out. The recipients would freak and we would hear story after story about babies dying.
I've been hearing my whole life from cranks, lunatics and conspiracy mongers about how the Dems' plan is to get more than half the country on welfare so they have a secure base who will always turn out to protect their 'benefits'.
It's funny how many conspiracy theories have turned out to be correct.
All I know is I'm going to Roswell to ask the aliens to take me with them.
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