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Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by chaz on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:40AM (#6474086)
Hours before the shutdown, Obama signed a bill that granted an exception to the military, ensuring it will continue to operate and troops will be paid: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/government-shutdown-se...
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Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by icambron on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @12:46AM (#6474117)
Which is also in the article:

>But 1.4 million uniformed members of the military will stay on the job and will be paid, thanks to a last-minute bill unanimously passed by both houses and signed by Obama on Monday night.

Which goes to show that no matter how dysfunctional our government becomes it will go to any length to ensure that it's still capable of killing lots of people.

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Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by tedunangst on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:13AM (#6474218)
Someone else might rephrase that as "no matter how dysfunctional our government becomes it will go to any length to ensure that those people who are asked to die in its name still receive the token remuneration promised them."
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Re:Federal Government Begins First Shutdown In 17 Years by icambron on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:22AM (#6474264)
"...and thus can continue being asked to die in its name."
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