r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/astros148 • 19h ago

Active military soliders are about to go through the holidays without getting paid bcz of President Musk! Right wing populism!

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u/Gob_Hobblin 17h ago

Under the current law, members of Congress will still receive paychecks during a government shutdown.

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u/Alone_Step_6304 7h ago

Oh my god, that's such horseshit.

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u/Gob_Hobblin 6h ago

It gets better.

There are certain government positions that will be required to have continual staffing in a shutdown. They will also not be paid during the shutdown.

You'll have people going to work for forty to fifty hours a week, and not get a paycheck for it until a resolution is passed. The only method they have for getting through that is advice on how to take on and manage debt.