nurses worked 24/7 during covid while everybody else sat home in their pj's drinking coffee and getting paid..if anyone deserved a tax free benefit,it was them.
Correct. When Guard or Reserve are on active duty, they should get all benefits. When they drill two days a month and two weeks a year, they should have a benefit, but a reduced benefit.
Just like how they get paid. Reservists and Guardsmen drill on average two days a month, and get paid for 4 days of active duty equivalent. (each MUTA is 4 hours = one day of pay).
When the Guard and Reserve are activated, they get full military pay and benefits. In my experience downrange, many, many, "part-timers" also get paid their full salary if they work for a large or 'patriotic' corporation. That was a very generous consideration by big companies during the height of our recent wars. The Sergeant next to you, is making $4k/mo on active duty, and another $6k from his real job back home. I think that's an amazing good thing - good on those companies that do it.
When I was a young Reservist, I got fired from two jobs for taking time off for military training. One retail and one manufacturing. If I'd known better at the time I could have sued them into the ground. Both went out of business anyway.
I have no idea about medical professionals during the Kung-Flu shutdowns. My government-civilian boss made us come in all day, everyday. Despite orders from the commanding general to work from home. Are you a nurse or medical professional? Military?