Posted on 11/18/2013 7:52:38 PM PST by shove_it
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.The U.S. military's top commanders, groping for ways to cope with a shrinking Pentagon budget, have agreed to a plan that would curb the growth of pay and benefits for housing, education and healthprized features of military life that for years have been spared from cuts.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a weekend interview that without such changes, the cost of military personnel would soon rise to 60% from about half of the defense budget.
"What we have asked these young men and women to do over the last 10 years, we can't pay them enough," Gen. Dempsey said during a conference at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. "Having said that, we also have an institution to manage."
Military officials haven't revealed details of the plan, which still must be approved by the Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and President Barack Obama before it is sent to Congress for approval.
Gen. Dempsey said the chiefs would unveil the changes when the proposed military budget is released in February. He said the new plan wouldn't immediately cut the benefits received by service members or retirees...
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How about working to bring back American jobs?
Just saying...
“If you like your salary grade, you can’t keep it.” - B.O.
The government grows by the day, it never shrinks and to pay for all the new entitlements, this is where they cut.
Tell your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, cousins and neighbors to stay as far away as possible until a real American sits in the White House again, and no, that doesn’t include Hillary.
Once again Johnny One-Note; your comments are not germane to the subject at hand.
Fuster Cluck on the way.
Apples and oranges, brother.
No actually, it is.
America is 17 trillion in debt, and growing.
We are sending American jobs, to foreign countries.
Bring them back.
And, if this were Ancient Rome, the soldiers would quickly find a solution to the problem.
The benefits of the Military are being severely cut. We promise these benefits to the men and women who, in exchange, will lay down their life for this country. I am so ashamed this fraud has control of so much. Americans deserve better.
Tell your kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, cousins and neighbors to stay as far away as possible until a real American sits in the White House again, and no, that doesnt include Hillary.
Hell that doesn’t include a damn demonrat! The institution they hate most, after the Constitution, is the military and the first place these @sshats look to cut is the military. Cut the funding, cut the troops, cut the equipment and cut the benefits. Funny though how obamaramadingdong always finds American taxpayer money to fund, equip and train the F’in muzzies that want to kill us.
Not cutting TANF, SNAP, Section 8, Obamaphones, Medicaid, free child care, WIC, government cheese, etc., etc.
Cut these instead:
EPA
Interior Dept
HHS
Commerce
Dept of Energy Suppression
That aside there's millions more Americans on food stamps to pay for now....and all those stupid green vehicles the military was forced to buy......and the added cost of medical and housing benefits for "married" homosexual couples in the military....
Besides, what have those military folks sacrificed lately?
/s
You have NO IDEA how much things changed in the Army when President Reagan replaced President Carter, once he got the ball rolling. Night and day.
I’d like to do a write in vote for the ATF please......and start with that one.
Cutting entitlements? Ha! Food stamp recipients have seen a 30% increase under obama. Oh, and we have more people than ever receiving food stamps - why not, they’re apparently a pretty good living now. FUBO
Active Duty/Retiree ping.
Actually I’m old enough to know exactly how bad every demonrat resident has butched the military from peanut on, having had freinds and family serving. Demonrats have no respect for our service men and women, only contempt.
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