On 4/6/2011 9:15 PM, jps wrote:
On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:05:36 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:53:57 -0600,
wrote:

Now this commentator has it right.

Shut down government until it can figure out how to live inside its
means. Like heroin, the best way to quit is cold turkey. You just stop
taking on more debt.

yeah. let's stop the fight against al qaida so the GOP can figure out
how to cut MORE taxes on the rich

No paychecks for the troops in Afghanistan or the tens of thosands on
the pentagon payroll.

Wonder how long that'll last. Haahaahaahaa!


I've read news items that claim both, that the troops would be paid and
that the troops would not be paid. I've not been looking, but I haven't
come across anything definitive.

It would be interesting if troop pay were treated like civilian pay in
case of a shutdown. I saw a news clip in which about a dozen Republicans
were expressing glee over the possibility of a shutdown.