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National guard soldiers told to pay back bonuses years after enlisting
theguardian.com ^ | Saturday 22 October 2016 | Jamiles Lartey

Posted on 10/22/2016 7:15:19 PM PDT by Chode

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To: FreedomStar3028

Not arguing with you, just them.

Whatever the contract says is what is required. If the contract doesn’t say what you meant for it to say, too bad.


21 posted on 10/22/2016 7:32:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The more secretive/unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear/paranoia in its leadership.)
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To: Chode

But when they received the extra bonus payments, they didn’t think there was anything strange or worth reporting? I imagine I’d recognize that receiving $20K when I’d been promised $10K was off a bit. No one reported their overpayment>


22 posted on 10/22/2016 7:32:57 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Jet Jaguar

damn... i even did a search on National Guard but came up blank, was it under a different name?

at least you got it out twice, thx


23 posted on 10/22/2016 7:33:16 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: Chode

They are vastly underpaid for what they do for us.
A young relative of mine served as a Marine, got out last year and had nearly nothing to his name, got acute appendicitis, and lost all his savings and more to pay the doctors for saving his life. This was mere months after his enlistment. Now, why can’t We The People, give our veterans free healthcare? Great free healthcare, not the crap they get now. This young marine took a huge hit financially after this incident and had to return to his family, unable to afford his own rent anymore.

Trump will treat our troops and veterans with the respect they deserve.

They have our eternal gratitude. They should be paid very well for what they do. They are our best and bravest and brightest.

It pains me my cousin served so well, yet had not a penny left after his emergency operation and had to return to his parents.


24 posted on 10/22/2016 7:36:45 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (TRUMP 45 Meet the new boss, not the same as any old boss.)
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To: Chode

And yet, Illegals can claim an earned tax credit for 9 kids in Mexico, without proof, receive thousands of dollars, and nothing is done from our corrupt government.


25 posted on 10/22/2016 7:39:28 PM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: Mears

One hand washes the other. They kiss up to their supporters. Didn’t fail ME.


26 posted on 10/22/2016 7:40:58 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: notaliberal

Oooooh, it looks like a shake up is on the horizon


27 posted on 10/22/2016 7:42:23 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: EDINVA

If the promise and what was delivered diverged, I’d have to ask how.

Would there not be checks cut to particular parties for particular purposes — and one would have to file forms asking for them? Unless the beneficiary purposely claimed an amount too large, but there shouldn’t be any way for him to know that it would be honored rather than (at best) running into red tape and delay and the need to refile all over again.


28 posted on 10/22/2016 7:45:26 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I just recall that back in the mid aughts one of my sons signed up for the Army (not the Guard), and there were significant bonuses offered, depending on what MOS the recruit chose. Memory is that they ranged from $10K to $50K, and would be paid out (again as I recall) half at the halfway point of the term of service and the balance upon completion of the four years. If I were one of those recruits I would know full well what the amount offered was and what I collected.


29 posted on 10/22/2016 7:52:09 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: gaijin
I hate to say this, but this is GREAT for our side. The timing is PERFECT. Much worse would have been if this news came out Nov 9th. Sorry, but it’s true.

But, the MSM will not cover this story. I saw it on Drudge, but CNN viewers or CBS News listeners or NY Times readers will not see it, certainly not before Nov. 8.

30 posted on 10/22/2016 7:55:08 PM PDT by Jack Black (Dispossession is an obliteration of memory, of place, and of identity)
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To: EDINVA

I’d certainly think that some people would ask whether this was real, if that was what happened. It would be like an egregious IRS refund error, most would know enough to not spend it all. But even ONE such soul should have resulted in the problem being investigated years, years ago.


31 posted on 10/22/2016 7:56:04 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Jack Black

But more and more people are looking at alternative reporting, having already discovered that CNN etc. are giving them warped, biased, and even lying coverage.


32 posted on 10/22/2016 7:57:40 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Jack Black

Good point.

I think there is an outside chance Trump himself might talk about it.

That is my hope, anyway.


33 posted on 10/22/2016 8:05:58 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Chode
Better lock those boys up for fraud. Nobody is above the law in this country.

/s

34 posted on 10/22/2016 8:08:34 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Chode

There is something wrong with this story (other than the obvious). An E8 goes to jail and ordered to repay 15M, but skimming the story, I see no word on her commanding officer(s) going to jail? Someone signed off on her NCOER every year.


35 posted on 10/22/2016 8:14:58 PM PDT by jz638
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To: Chode

No worries bro.


36 posted on 10/22/2016 8:16:50 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

would you put me in your ping list?


37 posted on 10/22/2016 8:25:02 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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To: Chode

government employees can have their student loan debt forgiven. just sayin’.


38 posted on 10/22/2016 8:26:03 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Good luck government.


39 posted on 10/22/2016 8:28:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (17 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: jz638
In her guilty plea, the US attorney’s office for the central district of California said, Jaffe “admitted that she submitted claims to pay bonuses to members of the California national guard whom she knew were not eligible to receive the bonuses and to pay off officer’s loans, even though she knew the officers were ineligible for loan repayment”.

i think i see part of the problem here

40 posted on 10/22/2016 8:29:18 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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