The Defense Department must look to the budget to decide how best accomplish its mission: to defend and protect the nation.
Sad but true, military retirees who counted on their benefits as deferred compensation are not mission essential.
Meanwhile does ACORN and Planned Parenthood still receive maximum funding? Does anybody know? If so, then what an outrage.
Just bring back 30,000 of the 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea, put 10,000 on the border, and count the savings
A good start would be the realization that the one nation to be defended in the USA, starting at the border. We need to worry a whole lot more about our hemisphere and a whole lot less about the other. In the endless search for new crusades in the Old World, our last few presidents have neglected and taken for granted the security of the New World.
I think (hope) military retiree benefits are safe. Remember, the Dems are the party of protecting granny from the heartless Republicans.
Is the $325B cut that is part of the initial $1T of cuts and the potential $500B cut over nine years that is contingent on the failure of the super-committee to agree, are these cuts from current levels, which may be tolerable, or are they from future levels that assume a wind-down of current "wars"?
I would be grateful if someone could address that question.
Military retirees need to beware?
Hmm.
I do believe California has many more DD employees, not too mention military bases.
Obama is still going to cut the Defense Department anyway. He said so himself. Congress really can’t do much about it.
Tell me, are we talking budget cuts like a “decrease in the increase” or real cuts like cutting from the present budget? I can’t keep this government double talk straight.
As America continues to weaken its defense structure, the Chinese and Russians have to be loving it. They`ll be happy to fill the vacuum.
If you came back from Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Iraq or Afghanistan with shrapnel in your back, you are less worthy than illegals taking in SSI direct deposit checks and Medicaid, or one of "Eric Holder's People" with the Congressional Criminal Black Caucus and the racist Obamas behind you.
That is a fact in today's America.
and he (Gates) called for a review that includes a reduction in personnel, military pay and retiree benefits.Oh yeah, start there you asshat.
We have a friend who retired after close to 30 years, an E-8 (1SG) who spent most of his service in the SF (MOS-18E), first with the 5th Group then the 10th Group, stationed in (cough) 'Germany'. He had to find a fricken job just so he could pay the rent, and still had to shop at the PX (where I cannot say). That was one of his *many* benefits (/s) for doing things most people would wet their pants if asked to do.
So yeah Gates, cut the pay and retirement benefits. Jerk.
I am waiting for those so called patriot freepers who think it great to reduce the punch of our weapons inventories meant to protect soldiers from harm
It’s OK, Admiral Mullen and the generals have our soldiers back... oh, wait, not... except for gay rights of sex in the military, that is.
My guess is this will begin some VERY interesting conflict along the lines stated below. Do we cut military strenghth and benefits while continuing to fund Americorps; the Peace Corps; The Legal Services Administration, the separate endowments for Arts and Humanities; bureaucrats who are ‘employed’ in the Commerce, Education & Energy departments? How about all of the Monica Lewinsky type positions througout the services. Let the debate begin.
Once again, Texas in the cross-hairs of Commiecrat cuts. Texas should secede.
Well, I guess we won’t have to worry about the military turning on it’s own people when King Hussein gives the command.
If I need to adopt a squad and make sure they have bullets and bread, I’ll do it.
Well, he has to do something to knock red state Texas down to size, you know.
This would be a great time for Perry to be a REAL Texan and have the legislature vote to seceed with the promise that he’d sign it.