Is it right to fiddle the books to pay the military?
What happens if the military payroll cannot be paid?
46-50, F
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LILPapi69 · 46-50, M
I got your answer for that question:
Failure to pay the military payroll can lead to severe financial hardship for service members and their families, often requiring them to rely on emergency loans and aid. Historically, sustained failures to pay military forces have led to lowered morale, civil unrest, mutinies, and even troops plundering cities to cover their wages. In modern U.S. government shutdowns, service members continue to work, but their pay is delayed, typically until funding is restored.
Failure to pay the military payroll can lead to severe financial hardship for service members and their families, often requiring them to rely on emergency loans and aid. Historically, sustained failures to pay military forces have led to lowered morale, civil unrest, mutinies, and even troops plundering cities to cover their wages. In modern U.S. government shutdowns, service members continue to work, but their pay is delayed, typically until funding is restored.
butterflybaby75 · 46-50, F
@LILPapi69 A more important question - if serving members of the military do not get paid do those people get to stand down from following orders (and simple refuse to comply with directions from the chain of command) because they have not been paid or will they be held in contempt, charged with treason or desertion, or similar, despite the government not fulfilling their contracts of employment by paying them on time?
LILPapi69 · 46-50, M
@butterflybaby75 Ur Answer:
Military personnel cannot refuse to follow orders or stand down because they haven't been paid.
Failure to follow lawful orders is a serious offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which could result in charges like failure to obey a lawful order (Article 92) or dereliction of duty. The maximum punishments for such offenses can include dishonorable discharge and confinement, depending on the severity and nature of the disobedience.
In situations like a government shutdown where paychecks may be delayed, military members are still considered "excepted employees" and required to report to duty. They are typically guaranteed back pay once funding is restored.
Military personnel cannot refuse to follow orders or stand down because they haven't been paid.
Failure to follow lawful orders is a serious offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which could result in charges like failure to obey a lawful order (Article 92) or dereliction of duty. The maximum punishments for such offenses can include dishonorable discharge and confinement, depending on the severity and nature of the disobedience.
In situations like a government shutdown where paychecks may be delayed, military members are still considered "excepted employees" and required to report to duty. They are typically guaranteed back pay once funding is restored.
butterflybaby75 · 46-50, F
@LILPapi69 So fucking glad then I do not live in the USA and am not working in the US military. In my workplace, failure to pay staff results in almost immediate walkouts and refusal to even come into work. I work in an IT business running stuff associated to date centres and they do NOT want staff to not show up as that's a mission-critical failure vector.
LILPapi69 · 46-50, M
@butterflybaby75 Glad Ur Doin Ok.