Many military spouses say they won't be able to pay bills??

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Military mom Lena Bourrillion says her husband was just notified yesterday by a supervisor that he may not be receiving his next paycheck.

"You should start relying on old money, not new money, his first sergeant told them," Bourrillion said. "I thought that was the real kicker."

"Living a military life it doesn't really give you the option to put away money," agrees Amy Tersigni, whose husband is currently serving in Iraq. "You don't get to put reserve because you live paycheck to paycheck. You pay your rent, you pay your bills, you feed your kids and that's it. You don't have extra," she said. 

All troops and certain civilian workers would not be paid during a shutdown, but would still be required to work because of national security operations. Many military families say they weren't even aware that this was a possibility.

"Military jobs are stable," said Erin Disseler, whose husband is a veteran and now works for the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. "You don't think about furlough in government. I didn't even know it was possible."

"Right now it's 6:00 a.m., I have been awake since midnight," said O'Donnell. "I've been wondering how I'm going to feed the four little people that are asleep right now, not aware of how soon their whole lives could be ruined. My husband is deployed. The last thing he needs is to be wondering how his family is going to put food on the table."

"We sacrifice enough already," said Erica Roach, whose husband serves in the Navy. She says that if his paycheck is delayed, she'll have to choose between paying the bills and putting food on the table for her two children.

"I am not only speaking my voice for my family, but military families as a whole," she said. "Our loved ones are out there facing war and death. They don't need to be worrying about if their family is starving at home."

But Bill O' Reilly Says a "Gov. Shutdown is Fine". Do You Agree?????

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/IREPORT/04/07/military.govt.shutdown.irpt/index.html?section=cnn_latest

I VOTE · Accepted Answer

This is all GOP

They did it in 1995. They did it during the lame duck session.

They hijack and if they dont what they want..... they shutdown

Thomas D · Answer

The worst part of this whole debate is the Obama Administration’s decision to hold military pay hostage to the budget debate. For the last few decades, government shutdowns have been guided by an OMB directive issued during the Reagan Administration. Under this directive, military personnel would continue to receive the paychecks while politicians argued about the budget. The Clinton Administration, during the last government shutdown, kept the paychecks flowing.

But, not Obama.

The Obama Administration has overturned the old OMB directive and has decided to suspend military paychecks if there is a government shutdown. No reason to do it…but they have decided to. Reprehensible.

Anonymous · Answer

The government doesn't care about those in the service or their families.

The people that get shipped overseas to die for these fat *** bureaucrats in Washington won't get paid if a shut down happens, but they still expect you to continue working meanwhile Congressional salaries continue as well as their pensions.

LeaLea · Answer

I have a couple of friends that are deployed right now and they are royally pissed. They have every right to be. They are literally risking their lives to protect the very government that is screwing them. Complete bullshit.

jakepi · Answer

It's the democrats that are causing a shut down. It 's the democrats that refuse to permit more than a weeks pay for the military! Remember this when it comes time to vote in 2012!

Anonymous · Answer

Imaxkr had it dead right. They will get paid just like all 'essential' workers. I wish they would lay off the useless bureaucraps at the dept of education(indoctrination) and all other useless government workers instead of classifying them as 'essential' (LOL!).

? · Answer

Disagree

Anonymous · Answer

This shutdown is going to backfire big time on the tea party.

imaxkr · Answer

The same "scare tactic rhetoric" was used during the 1990's "government shutdown", and guess what, they got paid then and they will get paid now.

I&#39;m Chris Hansen · Answer

Welcome to financial reality.  Policing the world never worked before.  What makes you think we can do it?

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