Just curious: Do you get a pension for your years of serving in the military?
How many retired military personnel are in a position to pay cash for two present-day university students?
Losing 22 days pay between April and October is not the end of the world! What Obama is doing to our country is affecting many people much worse than you.
Will there be jobs available for your children when they finish their school years?
I agree the sequester is a stinking way for the two parties to fight the fiscal war, but for the Republicans to cave again will only hurt our country worse.
Yes I get a pension, no its not enough to live on. My wife is a RN which allows us to be able to pay for school. Despite what you see on the news, we are not all making 6 figure salaries, far from it. When people wonder about my pension, it is payback for years of moving and constantly remaking my families lives. While civilians were able to take that 22 years and pay on a house note, I just started mine. My “pension” barely covers that. Unless of course you are saying military folk do not deserve the pay.
You need to look beyond the 22 days. That is 22 days where I cannot contribute to my 401K so that i will be able to retire one day. That is 22 days I do not earn my time off. That is 22 days that I still pay full price for healthcare but work fewer days. My children and I chose their college courses carefully. Both are in careers where they may not be millionaires but they will be able to live a good life.
Anyone can pay cash for college especially if they decided to be careful with debt to credit or loans and they planned by buying savings bonds starting 30 years ago. I am responsible for myself, I earned my pension and I will survive the Obama residency.
when you cast such a wide net about those “damned government employees” know the facts. We do not make 100K, we pay taxes like the rest, we pay into our 401Ks, we support the local economy, and only about 12% or so are in the union for DOD employees. Even now I and my co-workers are contributing directly to successes in Afghanistan, Iran, ROK, and Africa. I am as much now a part of the military team as I ever was, in fact we deploy along side of them at times.