Posted on 12/28/2004 6:43:33 PM PST by neverdem
"IT IS NOT A PENSION!!!! It is Military Retirement Retainer Pay! Just goes to show you that the NYT reporter doesn't know $hit from shinola."
"What's the difference."
Well, for one thing, someone on "retired retainer pay" as the name implies, is on retainer, and can be called back into the active military service of the United States, against their will, for starters. That doesn't quite apply to Joe Sixpack that has a pension from Acme Rubber & Overshoe, Inc., now does it?
I've seen these ads and I know I don't qualify for them. You see, I don't have any pension money coming in. What I do get is Retired Military pay, and VA Disability pay. The only Veteran pensions I know about is what destitute, non military-connected disability receive. So, the word pension does not compute. Also, anyone falling for this scheme, qualiifies for a six-letter word thagt starts with S and ends with D. I also think that a service connected publication like the times should know better than to allow these ads to appear in their publications.
Sure gives one something to think about.
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