I’d have no problem if this “solution” to our debt crisis became effective for the first recruit that walked in after passage. He could then make an informed decision about whether to join or stay for a career. But this ex post facto trap shows a real lack of good faith toward people who made career decisions thinking promises mean something, which they clearly do not to politicians. A pox on both houses if they don’t turn this around.
TC
So are these REAL cuts, or just the typical Washington-speak for “going up at an imperceptibly slower rate”?
The nation is awash in economic foolishness. One would think the veteran's retirement plan was put together by died in the wool socialists and labor unions, similar to teacher and congressional retirements.
But no.
The Veteran Retirement today began generations ago. It began when the nation was simply asking, "What is fair compensation for the hardships, separations, and risks of a military career?" It has continued over the years uninterrupted, unquestioned, and supported by the nation and its leaders.
It was NEVER considered "out of line" and in need of reform until America began ruining its own financial house.
The dangers haven't changed, the hardships haven't changed, and now, in the middle of combat operations that have been ongoing for over 2 decades, crony social corporatist politicians who've run the nation into the ground with welfare entitlements and grossly burgeoning debt think the retirement that has weathered generations is the culprit??? And they think injuring veterans who've borne the heat of battle is the answer in the middle of war.
These people aren't just liars, they're corrupt. That is the only possible explanation.