Tell Boehner ransom only works if they don't know where the hostage is

The only time that a hostage taker has any power is when they are hidden and no one knows where the hostage is. Then everyone will do everything to find them. Once they do, then the thug is surrounded and there is nothing to talk about other than "turn yourself in" and give up.

The list grows everyday about people paying for the behavior of congress. You know, the people elected to take care of this country. At least that was the way it was supposed to happen. They want to leave us suffering unless they get their own way but never once asked us if we want the same things they do.

We're stunned and sickened by what they have failed to do and now after not being able to pass a budget, they think we're supposed to just go on suffering for their sake. Why? They put a Tea Party hack into the seat of controlling the budget of this country and expected a different result? Look up Paul Ryan the budgets he kept coming up with and know exactly how we got here.

On a personal note, I am terrified for my friends in the military and their families as much as I am for veterans and our families. Do you really think that we should have to go through all of this next month because Boehner can't get his act together and do his job? Congress gets paid but no one else is even though they caused all this mess.

This temporary fix means they still don't understand what they have done so what can we expect from them in six weeks? They don't deserve more time to make it worse.

Now, just keep this in mind when you think about them keeping the government shut down.

Some military families are feeling the same ripple effects as civilians. For example, food benefits for stateside families under the federally funded Women, Infants and Children program (WIC) may be uncertain, depending on the state. WIC provides supplemental food, health care referrals and nutrition education for pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and young children.

Statistics are not available about the number of military families on WIC in the U.S., but in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, $29 million in WIC benefits was redeemed at commissaries worldwide in nearly 1.7 million transactions, according to the Defense Commissary Agency.