I don't think you have to pay to access military.com, but you do have to register. If that's a barrier, there is an archived copy of the article

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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Trump not paying his workers? Unheard of!

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I genuinely don't understand why these dudes are showing up. They're not getting paid, not being ordered by the correct authority, no proper sleeping quarters. Like what's in it for them?? The satisfaction of authoritarianism???

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  • [–] [S] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not going to prison for failing to show up

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    History will enjoy figuring out which straw broke the camels back

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    American complacency

    It's like watching an idiot take the wheel of a car, threaten everyone that he's going to drive a car full of people off a cliff..... and everyone just shrug their shoulders and say, 'Well, we won't do anything until we hit the bottom of the canyon, then you'll be sorry'

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  • Except the person riding shotgun has an actual shotgun (loaded with nonlethal bullets (for now)), loves the driver, and threatens anybody that questions the driver

    It's a lot easier for everyone else to take control of the situation when 'death for not blindly trusting the driver' isn't on the line.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Thank you for archive link.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I always thought history has taught us that not paying your army is always a massive mistake. I suppose those in power at the current time probably didn't do well in history classes and were likely even proud of it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Didn't the US federal government learn in Iraq the consequences of stiffing paychecks to existing service members... ?

    Guess not.

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  • Lmfao fucking typical

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    So the whole stuff is so illegal that even the soldiers get doubts about it, and now they are not getting paid?

    I have to re-read that chapter in "Recipies for Desasters" again...

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