• randomname@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
    462·
    1 day ago

    Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump’s LA Crackdown Aren’t Getting Paid Yet

    The 4,000 California National Guard soldiers who President Donald Trump surged into Los Angeles remain unpaid due to delays in issuing official activation orders, leaving compensation and benefits in limbo.

    According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes their duty status, but also unlocks pay, Tricare health benefits and eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs services. Without those orders, troops remain in a legal and administrative limbo.

    This is not satire :-)

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      its 29 days orders, specifically so the govt doesnt have to pay more “monthly” stipend plus other amenities. if they were to go 30days the govt have to pay much more money to the troops.

    • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caOP
      96·
      1 day ago

      The image I posted has NOTHING to do with the military.com article. The military.com article relates to national guard troops being dispatched to LA and not being paid. The image I posted is a call for actors to be paid stand ins/seat fillers at the trump parade.

      After some digging, I actually found the craigs list posting exists: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html

      However, no way to know if the CL posting leads to real jobs or if it’s just a joke.

      However, the fact that Trump never pays his debts is not satire. That is correct.

      • randomname@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
        19·
        1 day ago

        I know. It’s just that unlike the satire post, which says they pay, the ‘real’ jobs don’t get paid. Just wanted to joke around, but probably I’m mistaken or it was a dumb idea (sorry, if so).

        • Washedupcynic@lemmy.caOP
          83·
          1 day ago

          My bad. I saw this image and assumed it was satire. I did find a real CL gig post, but have no way to determine if it’s a real job posting or if it was put up as satire. The joke about Trump never paying his debts went over my head, and in that case it is not satire. I’m sorry I misunderstood.