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COL Mustard

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28. I'm not a fiscal lawyer

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 03:51 AM

Oct 25

Or a lawyer of any kind, but there’s no way this can be legal. Congress appropriates funds for the Military Pay Account, and any use of funds for a purpose other than what it was appropriated for is a violation of the Antidefiency Act. Also, the government can’t accept volunteer service, so it’ll be interesting to see how the Comptroller folks jump through hoops to make this happen.

I’m certainly not anti-troop. I’m a retired troop and I have family currently serving, so I’m happy to see them get paid, but I really don’t see how this is legal.

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