Good. Glad you do.
And in a way, it has to do with honor, you are talking about past contracts, but it more has to do with the rule of law. The government should keep its past contracts, if it can, which it can’t.
And run like a business except for wartime.
The government needs to quit its empire building and get the hell out of business’ way
I understand what you are saying, but the government has usurped so much power/authority/responsibility that is not given it by the Constitution that it has made itself unsustainable.
I hear on repeated basis..."let's get rid of those military retirements...they're double dipping...they're nothing better than welfare leaches." And I resent the hell out of that...particularly when people look to that as the FIRST possible solution rather than the last one.
You talk about the rule of law (legal justice), but there's a more fundamental principle involved: it's called "commutative justice." It is the foundational form of justice that exists between people. Society can not exist without it: in short, it means "your word is your bond."
In the case of people who have retired, particularly (but not exclusively) those who have retired from the military, they've already completed their portion of the "commutation" (exchange). And, unless somebody invents a time machine, that can't be undone.
The bottom line is that if, after shrinking the government to the size delegated by Article 1 Section 8 (as amended), if, after getting it to "run like a business" (as you said), the government is still unable to meet its obligations, then fine. So be it. But asking a military retiree to let the federal government out of its obligation while that government is doing what it's doing now? You've got to be kidding me. Retirements should be the last thing placed on the table, not the first.