Not balancing the budget on the backs of the troops again
From the Washington Times comes a report from the Military Officers Association of America which has been unflinching is their support of the troops and veterans during the last five years of attacks on their well-being from this White House. The MOAA says that the recent budget proposal to Congress from the Pentagon will cost active duty families about $5000/year in compensation and benefits;
The Military Officers Association of America has calculated the cost for that Army sergeant, and its analysts say officers stand to lose even more under the Obama administration’s proposed fiscal 2015 budget. Mr. Hagel and other Pentagon officials say the military’s historically generous benefits must be trimmed to rein in costs and free up money to reshape the nation’s armed forces for challenges of the future.
Active-duty members approached by The Washington Times have shied away from speaking out on the issue, but some retired service members are weighing in with frustration and anger.
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The proposed budget calls for slashing subsidies for base commissaries that thousands of young military families use for discounted groceries. It also calls for a 5 percent increase in the cost of military housing for average active-duty service members and a cap on active-duty pay increases at 1 percent annually.
I wonder how loud Congressional staff members would complain if they were facing reductions in their pay or benefits. Or, how loud would the civilian staffs at the Pentagon would be in the same circumstances. Or if Michelle Obama would bellyache if her shopping sprees and shopping tours suffered those cuts.
Maybe the troops should take the President’s advice to prioritize their bills and find a place to cut that five thousand bucks out of their families’ budgets.
Category: Military issues
I’m sure you are mistaken, Jonn, because you heard it straight from Obama’s yapper that they weren’t going to balance the budget on the backs of Veterans and active duty military. You could take that to the bank!!! Pelosi got up there and said the same thing; remember? Why would they lie?
I mean; enlisted personnel have a sweet deal, already, according to journalists and congresscritters, so they can afford to take a little bit of a cut in services and benefits; right? It’s not like some Privates with families are on food stamps or anything; right? It’s not like these military types are ever gone for long periods of time, in the garden spots of the world, surrounded by people that would kill them just as soon as look at them; ya know? It’s not like they were told one thing and got something different. It’s not like they were promised something that now gets in the way of giving that money to some trailer park queen/ hood rat for shitting out a half dozen kids with 5 different baby daddies. Nope it’s not like that………………………….derp
More tearing down of our military strength from within. I fight against these proposed cuts through my local AFSA chapter as well as directly contacting my elected officials office. Many though are just fed up and calling it quit. That’s what they want to see so it’s easier to continue to defund the DoD completely.