I wish the government would quit raising the cost of Medical benefits for Retirees.
I am sorry that your drugs are expensive, and you can only afford generics.
The government convinced men and women to go to war and put their lives in danger, to constantly move their families, etc, with the assurance of lifetime benefits after 20 years of Service.
Now they are changing the rules.
Servicemembers and Retirees are taxpayers, too. I laugh my butt off when I hear somebody say that as a “taxpayer” they think the Military should do this or that. Newsflash- we pay taxes too! Military pay is tax free for many Soldiers during deployment. But in real life, Servicemembers serve and pay taxes- and still get the shaft!
First let me thank you for your service. Back in August of 1964 I was lead to believe that if I gave twenty years my health for myself and my wife would be taken care of. Twenty-six years later when I retired I found out they lied. My friend if we had never paid taxes, twenty years of service is payment in full for those benefits we were promised. If I had known the real truth I might have gone to Canada with the rest of the draft dodgers. Our service was payment enough.