[Jane Long]

Rand...says soldiers wouldnt get paid in a shutdown.

I thought revenues, that fund soldiers, continue to come in even when got't "shuts down". We've had several "shut downs" in the past...did the soldiers not get paid, then?

[jpsb]

Should the fed gov shutdown, then the executive branch would first cut/defund the most necessary and popular things first so as to make whoever was responsible for the shutdown looks a bad as possible. Happens every time and a every level of gov whenever a gov shutdown occurs

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I thought revenues, that fund soldiers, continue to come in even when got’t “shuts down”. We've had several “shut downs” in the past...did the soldiers not get paid, then? “

I been looking into this.
My understanding is their pay gets delayed until the shutdown ends.
Now why didnt that happen in that early 1996 three week shutdown?

Late 1995 Congress already passed a defense funding bill so that shutdown didnt affect that. In fact a number of things were funded prior.

In this case nothing has been passed so we get to see a real shutdown.

So I think Rand is right, soldiers not getting paid till later will not sit well.

Finger pointing time.