Gov't Shutdown: Will it really affect you?

[Bailey Guns]

i hate to sound like the welfare leach, but as long as my VA check comes, i dont care.

I don't think you'd qualify as a "welfare leach" for that. I'm pretty sure you earned your VA benefits.

As I understand it, scheduled payments wouldn't be affected in the short term.

[Scanker19]

Well they also expect the military to show up even if we don't get paid. I'm not sure how I feel about this, but I'm leaning toward um....no.

[Mtn.man]

Maybe we should call in the "replacements".

[alxone]

gov shut down ?? got a link to some info ?

[Bailey Guns]

gov shut down ?? got a link to some info ?

It's been the lead news story for about a week or so.

www.foxnews.com

[alxone]

read it and wow !! not that im real keen in obama or anything but he is right in some ways(did i just say that ??).On some level this might be just the spark to bring Thomas Jefferson's next revolution . But then i think about the last time united states went to war with the federal gov and we all know how well that went .
when its all said and done im not really informed (one fox article makes me no expert )
id like to see where this heads and how it will affect our troops and gov over seas .
so if the fed gov gets shut down does that mean we can have full auto guns again ?

[Bailey Guns]

That's kinda the point...does a fed shutdown really mean anything? It's not like there won't be air traffic controllers not showing up, the military doesn't just pack up and go home, etc... It basically means most entitlement programs are temporarily not funded and some non-essential gov't services stop. Congress still has to show up...don't know if that's good or bad.

[rockhound]

We have been in this same spot several times in my lifetime that I remember.

I don't remember any actual consequences to it. as far as our muslim leader's opinion of what needs to be done, his spending habits since taking office are a big part, if not the biggest part, of the issue.

the fact that he now thinks we need to do something to keep the BS moving down the pipe is falling on deaf ears as far as I am concerned.

maybe when the gov't shuts down he will get the message that his check book does actually have a spending limit and he has an overdrawn account.

I am sure that he inherited the problem

question is will his paycheck also be placed on hold

hide and watch on this one.

[colocowboy01]

so if the fed gov gets shut down does that mean we can have full auto guns again ?

That would be great. Shut the government down and quick.

[TFOGGER]

I remember the last time this happened, when Slick Willy was in the White House. I didn't notice any changes, nor did millions of other working Americans. Except there was a little less traffic for my morning commute.

If the 800,000 .gov employees affected are "non essential", why the F*** are they collecting a paycheck in the first place?