No money to pay the military salary, US Marines soldiers are told to take loans from banks to get by

These years, the United States has become increasingly surrealistic.

According to CNN, due to the shutdown of the U.S. government, about 1.3 million service members from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force will not be able to receive their salaries on time.

Although Trump assured in a speech at Norfolk Naval Base that the payment of military salaries would not be delayed, is this really the case?

The official website of the U.S. Marine Corps has kindly published a "guidance," which roughly means that because the budget for the new fiscal year has not been released, the Marine Corps has no money to pay the salary, and it recommends that Marine Corps members and their families who are struggling financially seek help from charity organizations or apply for loans from banks.

Additionally, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, since the U.S. government shut down, military families at Fort Hood have already started queuing up from 5 a.m. to collect relief food.

In fact, it's not news that the U.S. spends nearly one trillion dollars on military annually but still faces salary delay incidents every year. Even when the U.S. government isn't shut down, the military still can't pay the salary—such as in 2022, it was exposed that the three major commands of the U.S. Navy had issues with salary delays, involving housing allowances, readiness allowances, and retirement pensions for sailors.

This February, the U.S. military was also exposed to the scandal of misappropriated meal expenses, where junior soldiers could only eat poor-quality, cold food. As for where the misappropriated meal expenses went, one would have to ask the omnipresent "Smith commissioners" within the U.S. military.

If it were in Chinese history, whether it was delaying military pay or embezzling military funds, it would always be a serious issue, but these events in the United States cause no ripples at all. This can only mean that the "low human rights advantage" of the United States has deeply rooted itself.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1845310933255360/

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