Posted on 09/05/2015 7:16:08 PM PDT by DJ Taylor
President Obama sent a disappointing letter to Congressional leaders last week stating that he plans to use his executive authority to cap military pay for the third consecutive year. In 2014 and 2015, pay raises were capped at 1 percent. The president intends to cap 2016 pay raises at 1.3 percent, instead of the 2.3 percent raise called for by law. The troops’ last four raises averaged less than 1.4 percent, with the FY14 and FY15 pay raises being the lowest in 50 years. In his letter, Obama said that he is, “strongly committed to supporting our uniformed service members, who have made such great contributions to our Nation over the past decade of war.” However, he insisted that this move is necessary to, “maintain efforts to keep our Nation on a sustainable fiscal course.” DoD leadership came out in support of the president’s announcement, insisting that the pay cap is needed to support modernization and training. Several years of capping pay below private sector wage growth took place during the 1980’s and 90’s, until servicemembers faced a 13.5 percent pay gap. Because recruitment and retention ultimately suffered, Congress spent a decade trying to fix the issue by providing pay raises above the Employment Cost Index (ECI). After coming within 2.5 percent of pay parity in 2013, DoD and Congress considered the issue resolved. Now it looks like all of the hard work Congress did is unwinding. A third year of pay caps expands the difference between pay in the military and private sector to 5 percent. And with four more years of DoD-proposed caps, it will get much worse. - See more at: http://www.moaa.org/Content/Take-Action/Top-Issues/Currently-Serving/POTUS-Caps-Pay.aspx#sthash.5Jr5Lgug.dpuf
Obama’s war on the warrior’s ...
What was his pay capped at? How much MORE has he spent on AF1 flying to golf courses and dinner dates with Michelle?
Anything to damage military well being and morale. This is pathetic.
The more obama says hes for something, the less his actions prove it.
use of the word cap in another manner would likely be deemed as being inappropriate... so I wont
No I take that back
how about we force the twisted schmuck to wear a DUNCES CAP..until he at least meets the COL increase????
Damn Him!!
The money did not, and will not,
go to care of US veterans.
The money is going to ISIS and Hamas and Iran
and Hezbollah and al Qaeda, to foster rape,
murder, slavery and nuclear weapons;
and the stinking GOP, liars, traitors,
and EXEMPT proven scum,
will do ... NOTHING except be complicit.
FUBO! It’ll be a great day in America when you’re gone.
Hey the money for the Government Supported Invasion has to come from somewhere!
The Enemy is within and until we deal with that Enemy we will Never be able to Deal with the Enemy’s outside the Nation!
Oh BS. shut that chit up Mullah Hussianian obamamoh
And still the GOPe-controlled Congress does............................................ nothing.
Congress is as traitorous as their Hellspawn-in-chief.
Bambam says the stinkin’ law means nothing to him. FUBO
Oh, Bull crap! Pass an EO that cuts your salary and the rest of Congress and I don't have a problem...since neither of you do a damn thing for this country.
Of course he did. He needs that money for his slush funds / social spending. We can’t be spending it on military or veterans. /s
Good God. We REALLY DO need a “Seven Days in May” this time with a happy ending.
General Scott, please call your office ASAP!
What are congresmen making these days?
What’s the average public porn watcher, er, office worker getting paid compared to military.
WTF does Obama know about "sustainable fiscal course?! The Son of a B**ch doubled the national debt all by himself! (Ok, he had alot of help from Boehner and McConnell too....)
That is a violation of the ‘Impoundment Control Act of 1974”.
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