I love the military. Dad, sister, brothers, brother in law, friends are all vets.
But I do have a question about whether military retirement and life long disability benefits are constitutional. While they are compassionate and desirable, are they truly constitutional?
If we’re conservatives, we have to be consistent. Does the Constitution allow for such benefits?
Lurk and vette6387 ,
view BlatherNaut’s comment below:
. . . The conditions were accepted knowingly as part of military service . . .
As well as the rest of the comment.
BlatherNaut is exactly correct. Part of the compensation for lower pay is the benefit offered and promised. It is not combat for which we are compensated (which has its own compensation program) but, rather, the 24 hour a-day on call life, lower wages (every officer, for instance, over the rank of captain has a masters deg. on a much lower pay scale than civilian counterpart), long work hours, and that’s just a start.
It is not a perk to have benefits in the military.
Nor is it any kind of favor from the taxpayers, and please keep in mind military members certainly pay taxes out of their earnings.
However, the point I wanted to make was that the government has very few real tasks. The New Deal and The Great Society of democrat presidents notwithstanding.
Protection of our borders is one of those few roles.
I hope you’ll keep that in mind when you do your constitutional research. And please get back to us with your results.
This country’s politicians and many voters just make me sick.
If they don’t want to pay or keep promises to their military, then they need to figure out how they’re going to get off their FAT ASSES and go protect their own ‘effin freedom and good life.
This Army family has paid through the nose. A total of three + years living without Dad, move after move, real estate losses, furniture busted up and broken, an entire career given up by mom, new school changes year after year ...not to mention we hardly know our extended family anymore.
And that’s NOTHING compared to a friend of mine w/ 5 kids who just lost her husband of almost 30 years. What did SHE get for any of her sacrifice??
Would the average 2-child American family give any of this up?? NEVER in a million years.
America loves its welfare fatties and their illegals so much — why dont’ they ask THEM to go serve on the front lines????
BURNS ME UP.