Anxieties over potential government shutdown linger
America’s career military families are growing increasingly optimistic that lawmakers will skirt a possible government shutdown in the spring, even as their feelings of anxiety linger. The latest results of the First Command Financial Behaviors Index® reveal that 78 percent of middle-class military families (commissioned officers and senior NCOs in pay grades E-5 and above with household incomes of at least $50,000) are confident that Congress will be able to take appropriate action to avoid a repeat of the 2013 government shutdown. That’s up from just 38 percent in August, when media reports were full of news about a then-looming shutdown.
This growing confidence aligns with the December vote by lawmakers to pass a continuing resolution that funds the government through April 2017, giving Congress and the White House an opportunity to set policy agendas for a full budget.
Notably, anxiety over the possibility of a shutdown remains strong among military families. Sixty six percent say they feel anxious about the possibility of another shutdown.
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