I think a pay raise of 2.2% is an insult. Social security recipients and military and civil service retirees are getting 3.3% next year, which is supposed to keep up with inflation.
So the average troops are being told, "Go to Iraq and dodge IEDs while you wife and kids back home get poorer." And the President who sent him there is the one who proposed this disgraceful number. I'm usually a fan of the President, but I don't understand the thinking on this one.
I think a pay raise of 2.2% is an insult. Social security recipients and military and civil service retirees are getting 3.3% next year, which is supposed to keep up with inflation.
Damn RIGHT!
"but I don't understand the thinking on this one."
You and me both, pal.