DoD negotiates cuts to troops’ compensation
Stars & Stripes reports that the Department of Defense, the White House and Congress has reached a deal on how much they can screw the troops;
The White House and the Defense Department earlier this year proposed cuts to benefits including raises, allowance and health insurance, and planned to save money by retiring the Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, mothballing some ships and curbing other equipment costs.
Top brass came to Capitol Hill and made their case to lawmakers for a spending reduction plan that covers the next decade, saying mandatory budget caps set to kick in 2015 will put the Pentagon in a money crunch. The Senate backed many of the military proposals but the House balked at finding savings by carving out troop benefits.
So, I’m sure the other agencies, the EPA, the Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, Health and Human Services and all of the rest will be marching into Congress to demand cuts to their own employees’ compensation packages, too. But, I’m not holding my breath.
Concerned Veterans For America says that Congress is planning to lard up the Defense Bill with non-defense related stuff;
CVA is deeply concerned about reports that lawmakers are attempting to add non-defense related spending riders to the FY2015 NDAA- including funding for a women’s history museum and the acquisition of more public land for the federal government. At a time when our nation is facing record level of debt and the Pentagon is making tough choices due to a shrinking defense budget, it is absolutely disgusting that lawmakers would use an important piece of national security legislation like the NDAA as a vehicle to fund pet projects and reward political supporters – especially while our nation still has brave servicemen and women risking their lives in combat every day in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So, yeah, way to be frugal, guys, and way to show the troops that you’re sticking up for them. You can also cut your own compensation packages and show the rest of us how it’s done. You can cut staff, cut your expense accounts, turn in your free cars. There’s lots of ways that 535 folks can find places to cut before they start cutting the pay of the folks doing the really heavy lifting of government.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Congress sucks
Typical big government shit. Cut things that work/matter while spending money on useless bullshit. Gotta reward those cronies out there. I can’t say that I’m all that surprised considering this administration and current Pentagon “leadership.” The Pentagon isn’t full of soldiers it is full of politicians these days. Fuck all of them.
Got to make sure there’s money to pay the Obamacare subsidies for all of the amnestied undocumented immigrants….
“I get on my knees and pray…..we don’t get fooled again!”
Screw all of them.
3E9…Thanks for dropping that needle on “The Who”! Now I gotta go dig out their CD!
Wait – what? Did you actually expect some commmon sense to come out of WDC?
Where money is concerned, there is no such thing. And it isn’t OUR money, it’s THEIRS, you see.
So illegally crossing an international border in violation of both international law and US legal code is to be rewarded with a simple path to citizenship and food and housing assistance for millions of shitheads, but legally volunteering 6 years of your life to protecting and promoting the national security and foreign policy strategies of the United States is to be punished with lowered or no raises and lessened benefits.
Additionally the president who claimed no boots on the ground is trickling those very same people whom he intends to fuck out of pay increases and benefits back into Iraq piecemeal instead of en masse to avoid looking like the liar everyone knows him to be these days.
I know no one here, myself included, enlisted to make themselves rich but I did expect the government to honor its word in the same fashion that I honored my word.
So maybe it’s time to start some truth in advertising campaigns for military recruitment. Let’s see how many recruits those ads draw in….
An Army of One, because we intend to abandon you to your own devices as soon as we can
The Navy, it’s not just a job because in a job it’s illegal for us to fuck you out of contractual obligations
The Marines, the few, the proud, soon to be ignored by an ungrateful nation
The Air Force, Aim High but expect a low return from your government
Really wish I’d known that last one before I got in.
When it comes to our Military no matter what branch, they need to be left alone. Those men and women have chosen to serve our country, and when one of our own get hurt in battle and are sent home due to injury. They also need to have there benefits given right away not given the run around. Those that have already gave there life, and served should not have to suffer more playing the waiting game to get there benefits. So instead of cuts to our military branches,why not chip away a little at our congress, president and both the sides demarcated and republican sides, instead of our military.
“including funding for a women’s history museum” Wow I’ve been waiting for that! How soon can I get tickets? Fuckers anyway!
The Department of Defense. the only Department in the government that ever goes to Congress to say, “Please cut our budget! Cut our troops! Cut our pay n’ benefits for those O-5 and below and E-8 and below! Please take money from us and give it to the other departments!”
It’s really galling that this is happening in a lame duck session
Barry’s DoD will only do Barry’s will… Just like his pet Senate…
Have any members of Clowngress taken ANY cuts in pay, perks, or luxuries lately? STUPID ME, pay cuts and sacrifices are for us lower caste taxpaying peasants, what was I thinking?