why not cut the federal government employees benefits and pensions. the military guys and gals sacrificed for years and suddenly they get the shaft again.
Actually federal pensions were subjected to the same sort of ‘inflation rate’ (not really) minus 1% deflator back in the Reagan administration. And yes Diet Cola, as it is called, will have a very big negative impact on military pensions which are now fully indexed, over time. It is a big hit as most enlisted pensions are a lot lower than federal civil service pensions.