protected by the Constitution, will continue to be paid, but military members won’t.

While Congressional wives continue their tea parties and shopping for new dresses for the next big social event, military wives, often with husbands deployed elsewhere, will often be at home (sometimes in a foreign country) trying to hold it altogether to see that kids are fed, clothed, loved and educated while dad is gone. Those “gone dads, sometimes moms, are about protecting the country, the Congressmen, who aren’t all protecting American citizens, and others who happen to be here.

So much of our country’s democracy depends on virtue to properly serve the people. As that virtue continues to wane, the people suffer. If our government truly represents the people, the people need to shape up. I’m hopeful that it’s happening, but not foolish enough to think we’ll ever have smooth sailing as evil is a fact of life.

Just my rant because it is so unfair that military members won’t get paid in a shutdown.