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milestogo

(20,764 posts) Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:13 PM Yesterday

The National Guard does not work for free.

So, if you call them out when they are not normally working, you have to pay them. If you call up 2000 at a time for weeks at a time, that's going to add up.

So who pays for that? Trump?

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The National Guard does not work for free. (Original Post) milestogo Yesterday OP

It's not his money he is spending. Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #1

Nobody pays it's added to the national debt. Klarkashton Yesterday #2

Congress has a fund in the military budget to pay for national guard activations. Jacson6 Yesterday #3

Ferrets are Cool

(22,230 posts)

1. It's not his money he is spending.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:20 PM

Yesterday

Klarkashton

(3,445 posts)

2. Nobody pays it's added to the national debt.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 01:20 PM

Yesterday

Like who is paying for that stupid parade.

Jacson6

(1,323 posts)

3. Congress has a fund in the military budget to pay for national guard activations.