Posted on 03/30/2015 1:08:15 PM PDT by jazusamo
President Obama said Monday he supports the recommendations of a military commission that would reduce the size of traditional military retirement pay by about 20 percent and offer a new defined-contribution benefit for troops who leave before 20 years of service.
In a letter to congressional leaders, Mr. Obama said the proposals are “an important step forward in protecting the long-term viability of the all-volunteer force, improving quality-of-life for service members and their families, and ensuring the fiscal sustainability of the military compensation and retirement systems.”
Mr. Obama said he has directed his advisers to refine some recommendations, and that the White House will report to Congress on any proposed changes by April 30.
Under the recommendations, the plan would continue to offer full retirement benefits to anyone who has served 20 years or more.
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How many private contractors are doing jobs that the military was once responsible for? I doubt that those private enterprise contracts cost less than obligations to those who serve would.
He can’t without Congressional Approval, and that would be nearly impossible even with a Dem Congress.....................
No
Gut it.
Turn it left.
Make it irrelevant and cheap on all fronts.
Punish those who have served.
Make it Godless.
How many more points of logic do people need?
Congress needs to catch its breath and impeach this president NOW!
5.56mm
I support 15% reduction in all government spending across the board!!
First - How about ending all retirement for elected federal officials.
They are always bragging about “Public Service”.
Let’s make it just that instead of a career sucking the government teat until they die.
Constitutionally he can't do most of what he has done without Congressional Approval. But he has gone ahead and done it anyway.
It’s a shame that enough Dems won’t step forward with the GOP majority to support the turkeys impeachment.
A soldier, sailor, marine or airman puts in 20 years and is told that the pension we promised you for putting your life on the line is up for grabs?
Let's start with ending the lifetime pension that a congress critter gets for just serving one term as short as two years.
Then clean out the over staffed offices in Washington where people do NOTHING and get paid well, at least twice the pay of the average GI.
WASHINGTON IS FULL OF WHITE COLLAR WELFARE RECIPIENTS WHO ARE MILKING THE NATION'S TREASURY! THE FEDS ARE THE PROBLEM!
Yep.
I am more than ready for that beast to be gone, and I mean forever.
Ya...
CIC
NO Retirement Pay!
Until then, he can shut his pie hole.
what about the politicians get cuts in their payments. Crooks like Hairy Reid, Piglosi and so forth, instead of pensions how about a penal institution.
“It’s a shame that enough Dems won’t step forward with the GOP majority to support the turkeys impeachment.”
+1
I think pensions should be abolished. People should be paid up front for their work or service, an amount sufficient to enable them to save for retirement.
One reason we have so much cowardice in the military and in the government in general is the government ability to threaten people with loss of their pension.
Hey now...what did crap ever do to you?
Any reduction in military retirement pay, should have the same per cent age applied to all federal and government workers. No exceptions. If it is good for the military. Then it should be good for the government.
Listen for the screams!!!!
Don
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