CNN: Panetta to Recommend Pay Cut For Military

CNN ^ | Wednesday, February 6, 2013 | Barbara Starr

[Purrcival]

Now, this is just infuriating!! If there is ANYONE who SHOULDN’T get pay cuts, it’s our military! These guys are not very well paid to begin with, and they’re putting their own futures and families on hold while they put their lives on the line for us!

[House Atreides]

Feds pay has been frozen for 3 years. No COLAs either. Cost of all their benefits went up; hence a cut in pay.
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Federal employees are still paid WELL ABOVE what non federal employees earn for doing similar duties.

And federal employees in favored locations such as the DC metropolitan area, San Francisco and New York are paid WELL ABOVE other federal employees in the REST OF THE UNITED STATES.

Of course, the federal government has FEDERAL EMPLOYEES who conduct studies that always conclude that federal employees are underpaid compared to non governmental employees. It’s all BS—the pay and benefits of federal CIVILIAN employees is the place to start any “cuts”. As a minimum, keep the pay freeze going and phase out “locality pay” that benefits in areas such as the DC metro area. Those would be just for starters.

[a fool in paradise]

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YOU are guilty of lying. Not me. Liar liar. Now STFUNAPS.

[Winged Hussar]

Now every member of our Armed Forces, and their families, will know what to do in 2014: vote Republican.

[SisterK]

Veteran suicides are up to 22 per day. That is huge.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks kristinn!

[teeman8r]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

women get to serve for less money... a literal war on women...

Buwahahahahahaha

[Impy]

Who will join our military if they don’t get paid?

Shouldn’t we cut postal workers pay before soldiers?

Oh that’s right their union wouldn’t allow that.

[Gene Eric]

#ing tyrannical pigs.

[RedHeeler]

Why are you so resentful? Were you forced to follow your career path?

[PhilCollins]

I agree that defense spending shouldn’t be cut. I joined the navy partly because of the money. Everyone, who risks their lives, for their country, should be paid at least as much as they’re paid, now.

[Impy]

We could probably find some fat that could be trimmed in the Defense budget but it should not be service members salaries or anything that would reduce their safety.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Let our service people come back as illegal aliens and get all the freebies they get—problem solved.