National Guard may run out of money because of Trump’s repeated deployments
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The National Guard is preparing for its fall training programs, but Donald Trump’s deployments are eating into its operational budget
The National Guard is feeling the cost of Donald Trump’s insistence on using National Guard troops to carry out his expansive immigration roundups and policing actions in Washington, D.C.
National Guard Major General Greg Porter, based in Wyoming, told the state's lawmakers during a meeting of the Joint Transportation Highways & Military Affairs Committee that the costs of Trump's National Guard deployments are still unknown, but they're no doubt eating into the branch's funds, according to WyoFile.
Porter said that the costs of prolonged deployments will eat into funding intended for things like training and operations.
POV: When you built too many units in your Civ game and your gold and happiness goes to negative and rebel units start spawning. (Except it's in IRL with real human suffering)
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I thought one of the first rules about being an evil dictator is to make sure to pay your troops decently so they don’t turn on you.
He’s gonna find out pretty quick that loyalty goes out the window when they’re not getting paid.
It's Trump, the guy who bankrupted a casino and regularly doesn't pay people he contracts.
If he started paying people and keeping anything without going to insolvency I'd think he'd been killed and a lizard was wearing his skin suit.
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I thought one of the first rules about being an evil dictator is to make sure to pay your troops decently so they don’t turn on you.
He’s gonna find out pretty quick that loyalty goes out the window when they’re not getting paid.
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POV: When you built too many units in your Civ game and your gold and happiness goes to negative and rebel units start spawning. (Except it's in IRL with real human suffering)
That's the best time to invade your neighbors. Unfortunately.
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The National Guard is preparing for its fall training programs, but Donald Trump’s deployments are eating into its operational budget
The National Guard is feeling the cost of Donald Trump’s insistence on using National Guard troops to carry out his expansive immigration roundups and policing actions in Washington, D.C.
National Guard Major General Greg Porter, based in Wyoming, told the state's lawmakers during a meeting of the Joint Transportation Highways & Military Affairs Committee that the costs of Trump's National Guard deployments are still unknown, but they're no doubt eating into the branch's funds, according to WyoFile.
Porter said that the costs of prolonged deployments will eat into funding intended for things like training and operations.
If only the US Federal departments were set up to stop operations when budgets run out. But alas, the US government loves debt.
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The National Guard is preparing for its fall training programs, but Donald Trump’s deployments are eating into its operational budget
The National Guard is feeling the cost of Donald Trump’s insistence on using National Guard troops to carry out his expansive immigration roundups and policing actions in Washington, D.C.
National Guard Major General Greg Porter, based in Wyoming, told the state's lawmakers during a meeting of the Joint Transportation Highways & Military Affairs Committee that the costs of Trump's National Guard deployments are still unknown, but they're no doubt eating into the branch's funds, according to WyoFile.
Porter said that the costs of prolonged deployments will eat into funding intended for things like training and operations.
They’ve got money to throw at ICE and build their alligator Auschwitz, they’ll just print more money to throw at the Guard. Republicans love blowing budgets on punishments.
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It's Trump, the guy who bankrupted a casino and regularly doesn't pay people he contracts.
If he started paying people and keeping anything without going to insolvency I'd think he'd been killed and a lizard was wearing his skin suit.
We need more lizards.
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They’ve got money to throw at ICE and build their alligator Auschwitz, they’ll just print more money to throw at the Guard. Republicans love blowing budgets on punishments.
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If only the US Federal departments were set up to stop operations when budgets run out. But alas, the US government loves debt.
They are. It's why everything in the federal government shuts down when the debt ceiling is hit.
There are exceptions made for critical functions, such as emergency management and the military and such. However, IIRC they don't get paid until Congress approves more funding; they still have to show up. National Guard troops sent out to deal with the toddler-in-chief's latest tantrum aren't going to be any happier if they don't get paid.
This is useful to know. ICE is getting paid and are very willing participants. The National Guard isn't so willing and may not be getting paid, but they will defend themselves and follow specific orders. Any civil action should take this into account.
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It's Trump, the guy who bankrupted a casino and regularly doesn't pay people he contracts.
If he started paying people and keeping anything without going to insolvency I'd think he'd been killed and a lizard was wearing his skin suit.
I hear reports they're having to cake makeup on his hands to prevent what's underneath from showing through
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That's the best time to invade your neighbors. Unfortunately.
Enjoy your horrible death during the Canadian War. We're gonna make Vietnam look like a spa day.
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Knowing the fucked up universe we live in, we’ll have a good 4 year stretch of no major disasters while Trump is President. God loves a good joke.
Worked out for him last time with the pandemic.
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Those cuts were never about the money. They'll just print more
Long term prediction:
Trump will be gone within a decade one way or another. He will have done incalculable damage to the US economy. We'll be in "try anything" mode, and this is where MMT will have its first large scale test.
