Posted on 12/30/2013 6:56:44 PM PST by SkyPilot
In late December, a two-year budget deal passed the Senate by a bipartisan 64-36 vote. It includes a provision that cuts a full 1 percent from future annual cost-of-living-adjustments to the retirement packages of all veterans under the age of 62.
This COLA reduction in the budget deal applies to active duty service members who have yet to retire and to those who have been disability retired from the military as a result of their wounds defending our nation in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fact that this provision was included speaks volumes to veterans who put their lives on the line and sacrificed for America.
Veteran service organizations have calculated that a gunnery sergeant or sergeant first class (E-7) retiring today with 20 years of service would lose more than $80,000 in income by age 62. Officers could lose as much as $140,000.
This cut was only directed at the military and not the rest of the Federal civilian workforce, except for new hires effective Jan. 1, 2014. Essentially, the congressional staffers who wrote the provision excluded themselves from it.
One would not mind taking a financial hit as long as it is evenly applied to all in the interests of deficit reduction. However, to be a part of a group specifically singled out by Congress while other entitlements are untouched smacks of grave injustice. The all-voluntary military now only represents roughly 1 percent of the nation and thus is an easy target to be discounted by Congress and the general public as a whole.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
Beware the “fix” Congress and Hagel are proposing, it will only exempt those military who are “medically retired early” - even for non-combat or combat related injuries. Disabled retirees who served 20 years or more and VA disabled retirees are not exempted, and will be screwed over, again.
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As a Veteran and a member of a Veterans Organization I would not advocate for any young American to join the Obama military.
He has turned it over to Queers, fired decent Generals, put women in Combat, cut their budgets,beyond safe allowances, set up ROE’s that get them killed, arrested and imprisoned them for killing the enemy, refused purple hearts to the wounded at Ft. Hood,and now screws over them after retirement.
Billions to dead social security recipients. Hundreds of millions, for just one year, to dead civilian federal employees. Make believe pig farmers. Make believe EPA secret agents living in 5 star hotels. And the only place the Democrats can find money to give to HEADSTART and Education ( and everyone knows how successful those programs have been) to buy Democrat votes is from the retired Veterans. Makes you proud to be an American.
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AK Mark Begich D (202) 224-3004
AK Lisa Murkowski R (202) 224-6665
AL Jeff Sessions R (202) 224-4124
AL Richard C. Shelby R (202) 224-5744
AR John Boozman R (202) 224-4843
AR Mark L. Pryor D (202) 224-2353
AZ Jeff Flake R (202) 224-4521
AZ John McCain R (202) 224-2235
CA Barbara Boxer D (202) 224-3553
CA Dianne Feinstein D (202) 224-3841
CO Michael F. Bennet D (202) 224-5852
CO Mark Udall D (202) 224-5941
CT Richard Blumenthal D (202) 224-2823
CT Christopher Murphy D (202) 224-4041
DE Thomas R. Carper D (202) 224-2441
DE Christopher A. Coons D (202) 224-5042
FL Bill Nelson D (202) 224-5274
FL Marco Rubio R (202) 224-3041
GA Saxby Chambliss R (202) 224-3521
GA Johnny Isakson R (202) 224-3643
HI Mazie K. Hirono D (202) 224-6361
HI Brian Schatz D (202) 224-3934
IA Chuck Grassley R (202) 224-3744
IA Tom Harkin D (202) 224-3254
ID Mike Crapo R (202) 224-6142
ID James E. Risch R (202) 224-2752
IL Richard J. Durbin D (202) 224-2152
IL Mark Kirk R (202) 224-2854
IN Daniel Coats R (202) 224-5623
IN Joe Donnelly D (202) 224-4814
KS Jerry Moran R (202) 224-6521
KS Pat Roberts R (202) 224-4774
KY Mitch McConnell R (202) 224-2541
KY Rand Paul R (202) 224-4343
LA Mary L. Landrieu D (202) 224-5824
LA David Vitter R (202) 224-4623
MA Edward Markey D (202) 224-2742
MA Elizabeth Warren D (202) 224-4543
MD Benjamin L. Cardin D (202) 224-4524
MD Barbara A. Mikulski D (202) 224-4654
ME Susan M. Collins R (202) 224-2523
ME Angus S. King I (202) 224-5344
MI Carl Levin D (202) 224-6221
MI Debbie Stabenow D (202) 224-4822
MN Al Franken D (202) 224-5641
MN Amy Klobuchar D (202) 224-3244
MO Roy Blunt R (202) 224-5721
MO Claire McCaskill D (202) 224-6154
MS Thad Cochran R (202) 224-5054
MS Roger F. Wicker R (202) 224-6253
MT Max Baucus D (202) 224-2651
MT Jon Tester D (202) 224-2644
NC Richard Burr R (202) 224-3154
NC Kay R. Hagan D (202) 224-6342
ND Heidi Heitkamp D (202) 224-2043
ND John Hoeven R (202) 224-2551
NE Deb Fischer R (202) 224-6551
NE Mike Johanns R (202) 224-4224
NH Kelly Ayotte R (202) 224-3324
NH Jeanne Shaheen D (202) 224-2841
NJ Jeff Chiesa R (202) 224-3224
NJ Robert Menendez D (202) 224-4744
NM Martin Heinrich D (202) 224-5521
NM Tom Udall D (202) 224-6621
NV Dean Heller R (202) 224-6244
NV Harry Reid D (202) 224-3542
NY Kirsten E. Gillibrand D (202) 224-4451
NY Charles E. Schumer D (202) 224-6542
OH Sherrod Brown D (202) 224-2315
OH Rob Portman R (202) 224-3353
OK Tom Coburn R (202) 224-5754
OK James M. Inhofe R (202) 224-4721
OR Jeff Merkley D (202) 224-3753
OR Ron Wyden D (202) 224-5244
PA Robert P. Casey D (202) 224-6324
PA Patrick J. Toomey R (202) 224-4254
RI Jack Reed D (202) 224-4642
RI Sheldon Whitehouse D (202) 224-2921
SC Lindsey Graham R (202) 224-5972
SC Tim Scott R (202) 224-6121
SD Tim Johnson D (202) 224-5842
SD John Thune R (202) 224-2321
TN Lamar Alexander R (202) 224-4944
TN Bob Corker R (202) 224-3344
TX John Cornyn R (202) 224-2934
UT Orrin G. Hatch R (202) 224-5251
UT Mike Lee R (202) 224-5444
VA Tim Kaine D (202) 224-4024
VA Mark R. Warner D (202) 224-2023
VT Patrick J. Leahy D (202) 224-4242
VT Bernard Sanders I (202) 224-5141
WA Maria Cantwell D (202) 224-3441
WA Patty Murray D (202) 224-2621
WI Tammy Baldwin D (202) 224-5653
WI Ron Johnson R (202) 224-5323
WV Joe Manchin D (202) 224-3954
WV John D. Rockefeller D (202) 224-6472
WY John Barrasso R (202) 224-6441
WY Michael B. Enzi R (202) 224-3424
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Congress creates the rules and regulations of the Military. The President has little say. All done under the GOP watch in Congress. They are all worthless.
“Congress creates the rules and regulations of the Military. The President has little say. All done under the GOP watch in Congress. They are all worthless.”
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Sorry, the President has decided upon which Generals he’d have sacked, decided to eliminate “don’t ask, don’t tell”, had his generals under his Sec of Defense write the lethal (to our military) rules of engagement, etc.
Don’t try to deflect that responsibility to Republicans in Congress.
I think they got tired of the petty concerns of the peasants and worked to solve that problem. Congress now behaves as if masses of angry voters have zero effect on job security. Appears as if they have no worries because they are relected by the dead, illegals, outcome-based electronic voting machines, and multitudes of disembodied absentee ballots.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
It’s a “cut” in future increases. Everyone has their own pet increases. I feel that the military are sort of like the commercials to raise money for sick dogs and cats. We don’t have the money folks. I’m in favor of taking care of our vets. I’m married to one but we have to stop these automatic increases.
Stop protecting the GOP.
“...Stop protecting the GOP.”
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I, along with many others, have been working and continue to work to have true conservatives take over the Republican Party. I’ll do nothing to protect the GOPe who, for the time being, are at the controls of the national party. But I will work to protect and help conservatives such as Ted Cruz. They haven’t given up the struggle and neither have I. 2014 should be a year we (conservatives) make VERY significant gains.
I don’t have a lot of truck with DEFEATISTS who walk away from the battle.
I would agree with you if the same “standard” was applied to all other government workers and welfare leeches also.
The message couldn’t be more clear: put your life on the line to preserve the nation and get f*cked.
Soon, we’ll only be getting the sort of defective mediocrities in the armed forces that we now see in congress.
Some day the chickens may come home to roost and our military may, just may turn on the gubmint. Think it can’t or won’t happen? You may be right but don’t be surprised if it does. Certainly the leadership has been doing everything it can to add enough fuel to the fire.
If not the entire military, there certainly may/could be a few who decide enough is enough and take on certain aspects of the current administration who are obviously pushing for civil enrest.
Keep your powder dry, you may need it.
They are all worthless.
That’s a fact. The worst Congress to ever be seated.
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