Hey, Paul Ryan: I guess the vets “read it and are getting back to you.”
My letter to my congressman this morning (an assist to House Atreides for about 4 of the paragraphs from an earlier post of his)
Dear Congressman Wenstrup,
In addition to this budget increasing taxes (fees) and spending, apparently, Paul Ryan arbitrarily decided to injure veteran retirements.
Whether he consciously decided to do that or was tricked into it—he IS disproportionately hurting military members.
CURRENT RETIRED military (if under age 62) would have their computed cost-of-living increase reduced by 1% each year. So if the COLA percentage is 2.3% they’d only get 1.3%. This would repeat year after year, adding up over time. The same thing would happen to ALL CURRENT ACTIVE DUTY military (year after year until they reach age 62) once they retire. And the same thing would happen to future military.
ON THE OTHER HAND current civilian civil service employees and current retirees are ALL NOT EFFECTED AT ALL. The only civil service employees who would be affected would be those hired January 1, 2014 or later—and they would not be impacted until their retirement.
This is unacceptable, Congressman Wenstrup. Like you, I made a career of the military, and I was told that the government would provide a retirement for those years of separation, isolation, and service.
Am I opposed to doing my share in balancing the Federal budget? Not at all. But, veterans should not be first in line. Moreover, in any financial sacrifice, given their sacrifice during years of service, it’s absolutely certain that veterans should NOT be the ONLY ones in line. That is the solution proposed by the Ryan budget.
This is totally disparate treatment. Injure the military and protect the federal employees and contractees.
You must oppose this plan, Congressman Wenstrup. It is absolutely unfair.
With you, I will support a budget calling for an across the board equal cut for every federal employee or contractee. If that takes from me, but it is equal treatment, then I’m an American and will sacrifice again for this nation.
This plan does NOT do that. It is an assault on those who’ve already paid their due in separation, danger, blood, and isolation.
Make it equal ACROSS THE BOARD or kill it!
Faith,
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