Posted on 10/15/2011 9:18:43 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
The top lawmakers on the Senates defense panel on Friday recommended that a special committee searching for ways to slash the deficit consider some of President Barack Obamas proposed changes to health and retirement benefits for the military.
In separate letters to the bipartisan panel, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., signaled they were open to cost-saving steps in military benefits, recommendations that have already attracted fierce opposition from powerful groups of retired officers and veterans resistant to change.
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Better way to save money, only pay elected thieves for work performed that also save money.
T he down side would be the soup lines needed for these elected thieves.
Thanks for the clarification.
Yes, but I was talking about those who PARTICIPATE in Tricare. It makes a huge difference on your bill.
No matter what they save in conventional health care, they’re going to lose in coverage of AIDS related diseases.
Bet the farm on it.
Well we would, but the voters in AZ and MI won’t let us.
Those out of touch with reality are the American people who continue to send such foolish men with name ID and little else to Washington, D.C., time immemorial.
Yes, there is no limit to what the American people will accept and endorse.
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