“I think this is a great idea. The current military retirement system is complete BS. If you serve anything short of 20 years you get nothing...zero, zilch, nada. Very few actually make it to twenty years so basically the non-retirees get nothing for their service in terms of building a retirement. They have to start from scratch in the civilian world, putting them well behind their peers.”
Wrong, every service member has the option to contribute to a Thrift Savings Plan. If they leave with nothing after serving less than 20 years it’s on them. Look, 20 years of military service is not easy on a person physicaly or mentaly. I did 22 years in the Marine Corps. I left with a bad right shoulder, bad knees, hearing loss, and back issues. I earned every damn penny I recieve in my monthly pension check, and I would do it all over again. Leave the military pension system alone. It’s not the problem.
Hey if you want to be at the whim of the politicians good graces to fund your retiremen in the out years like a welfare hag, have at it. I’d rather control my own retirement where they couldn’t touch it or de-fund me.