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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 86 points 6 months ago

President Musk does not give a fuck.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 37 points 6 months ago

I mean did the Republicans give a fuck any of the other times they lead a government shutdown?

[-] Australis13@fedia.io 38 points 6 months ago

Trump doesn't care. He hates the military: https://lemmy.world/post/8041636

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

No worries. Just don't vote for the draft dodging felon next time. If there is a next time.

[-] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

You dont need a ton of people if you bomb everyone with autonomous drones, which is exactly what they are doing.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

True, but you do need people to man the nearly 800 military bases the US has around the globe and I’m sure pretty much everyone except the neoconservatives would like to see many of those shut down or transferred to be run purely by their host government

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Israel is finding this out in real time.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

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.

https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/social/corporate

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Less soldiers equals less wars, it's a simple numbers game.

You underestimate Republican willingness to fight wars with low/no oversight civilian contractors.

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 3 points 6 months ago

Drones instead of boots.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately a smaller volunteer army does not mean less war, it just increases the odds of conscription if we do get into a conflict.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

Nothing ever happens.

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 6 points 6 months ago

It’s ok, they will pump AFN full of bullshit lies indicating Democrats somehow did this instead of Republicans.

[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Lmao Elon is just dangling their paycheck infront of them like a carrot on a stick

[-] theparadox@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Hopefully it helps the troops make the right call when the orange VP and President Musk declare marshall law.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Orange Musk probably hope that only loyalists will stay enlisted and everyone else quits.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Because, as we saw in Iraq, having large amounts of competent military personnel no longer in the military because of politics walking among the general public leads to good long term outcomes.

[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Are you seriously suggesting we try learning from the past?!?

A WITCH! BURN THEM!

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