[Bean Counter]

Could be trouble brewing...just got this via e-mail from Military.com....

http://militaryadvantage.military.com/2011/02/2012-military-pay-raise-or-pay-freeze/?ESRC=navy-a.nl

2012 Military Pay Raise or Pay Freeze?

February 15, 2011 • Terry Howell

The president’s 2012 bud­get request includes a pro­posal for a 1.6% mil­i­tary pay raise for 2012. While larger than last year’s mil­i­tary pay increase, the 2012 pro­posed mil­i­tary pay increase is the sec­ond small­est since 1962 and given the cur­rent bud­get envi­ron­ment many sus­pect that con­gress is con­sid­er­ing a freeze.

As reported here, a recent Con­gres­sional Bud­get Office report says that mil­i­tary pay is higher than most fed­eral employ­ees, and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has sig­naled a desire to freeze mil­i­tary salaries at the 2011 rate.

Check out the 2012 pro­posed mil­i­tary pay charts (at the link) to see what a 1.6% raise would mean to your mil­i­tary pay­check.

[oldteen]

Good evening, Bean Counter!

Not a good thing there!

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Beancounter. I had read about the lousy percentage of 1.6% but had not yet heard about “Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has sig­naled a desire to freeze mil­i­tary salaries at the 2011 rate”.

How about they recieve military pay & our troops get their salaries? Sounds alot like more just pay for scope of work to me!

When one thinks about what a E-4 deployed (etc) gets for what their going through....it’a just a slap in the face!

Epic fail on behalf of our lawmakers!!!!