Posted on 11/11/2013 6:54:18 PM PST by NKP_Vet
Yet the bloated civilian force should be given paid time even when they didn’t have to work?
Everything Obama says is the opposite of what he means. That is why he doesn’t understand that people believed him when he said they could keep their health care plans if they liked them. Only true morons, idiots and zombies believe a word that escapes from his mouth. Even he knows it.
Was he using a teleprompter?
***retirees get too much money***
Let’s walk through this. In my military mind an enlisted Solider* who reaches the pay grade of E-7 has had a successful career. Stuff happens and some don’t reach that rank, stuff happens with others and they reach a higher rank. And of course enlisted Soldiers make up the vast majority of the force and therefore retirees
An E-7 retiring at 22 years will make $24,260. A lousy $24K for being away from family, being shot at, seeing his battle buddies blown to hell. And the SECDEF thinks that is too much.
(*Soldier/Sailor, Marine, Airman, Coastie)
Bears repeating!! I am beyond words myself to add anything about this outrage so I'll just repeat your words.
more treason
More broken promises...I remember when TRICARE first came on the scene and there were angry crowds at the base theaters where they were briefing about this new healthcare program...I think this time there will be more than just angry crowds. There will be a lot of pi$$ed off military members, retirees, vets and their families being way more vocal about the broken bonds of trust. We’re fed up with this and other ways the military and its leaders are being treated. It’s more than just a purge—it’s a direct effort to gut, demoralize and weaken our nation’s military. This goes beyond healthcare, and we all know it. Upchuck Schmagel needs to man up and demand MORE money not less. They stop spending the money on ammo for the DHS and give that money to the military healthcare system instead. Who do they really want to defend this country????
This is an easy problem to fix. cancel all the wars bring our troops home.
Hagel was picked for a reason. He wants to cut the military.
But, he is merely doing Obama’s bidding.
April 17, 2012: Panetta’s weekend commute costs as much as GSA Vegas junket
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flies home to California almost every weekend, racking up costs for the American taxpayer roughly equal to the cost of the General Services Administration's junket to Las Vegas that has Congress fuming mad this week.The AP reported earlier this month that Panetta, who has been commuting to his northern California home each weekend for decades, has made at least 27 round trips on government airplanes since becoming defense secretary and only reimburses the taxpayer $630 of the $32,000 cost of each trip. He is only legally required to reimburse the government for the commercial coach class fare.
April 16, 2012: Panetta Regrets Cost of His Weekend Trips to California as Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said today he regrets the high cost of his weekend travels to California, and is looking for ways to save money on flights that have totaled about $860,000 since he came to the Pentagon last July.Throughout his Washington career, Panetta has routinely returned to his walnut farm in Monterey, Calif. on weekends. He did so as a congressman, as a cabinet member and as chief of staff in the Clinton White House...
...He also defended the trips, saying his wife and family are in California and that “it’s healthy to get out of Washington periodically just to get your mind straight and your perspective straight.”
“I regret that it does — you know, that it does add costs that the taxpayer has to pick up,” Panetta said today.
Elite vs. grunts on display.
-PJ
when cuts are made to persons receiving government checks, the military will be the last.
Start with Congress and staff,then everyone who belongs to the government employees union.Use a bush axe for these mostly civilians are now making much more than their non-governmental counterparts.
They must be really low life to even think of cutting the military - shame!!
But no cuts for the drones in the Department of Education.
Hegel is our enemy. No doubt about it.
What’s the medical cost to the DoD of enlisting rump rangers who end up with AIDS, hepatitis, or any number of other sexually transmitted diseases? How much are medical costs driven up by enlisting more females and putting them in physically demanding (and destructive) combat jobs?
Nothing is too good for the troops.
Yeah, but they can’t strike. I saw DOD strike promoters hauled off by the FBI during the Daddy Bush reductions in force.
before our service members take a pay/benefit cuts...all member of Congress should lose half of their pay and then be required to sign up for obamadeathcare, and also NO life time pay check...
our military are on call 24/7 365 days a year..they put their lives on the line...Hagel is a laughing matter, how dare he even suggest this..
folks..VOTE ALL DEMOCRATS OUT IN 2014...WAKE UP AMERICANS
Come on .... who didn’t see this coming? His Arrogance feared the military from day one and did everything to tear it down while building up his “civilian force with the budget, men and equipment equal to the military”.
Oh brother. Sequester takes care of this. No permission needed. It will happen. As much as I supported Bush on the wars, it cost a fortune and money will have to be found somewhere.
The plan to drive Heterosexual, Christian Patriots out of the military proceeds according to plan.
First heard, but not surprising.
The long knives have been out for at least 4 years...
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