Posted on 06/11/2024 8:51:35 PM PDT by bitt
The Biden administration “strongly opposes” a proposal to raise the pay of junior enlisted service members in the military — even after nearly spending seven times the proposed amount on Ukraine and the broader region’s security.
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would give all junior troops a pay raise, representing a rough total of $24.4 billion over five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The Biden administration said in a statement on Tuesday that it does not support the proposed “significant, permanent” pay hike until it has had a chance to conduct a compensation review.
“The Administration is strongly committed to taking care of our Servicemembers and their families, and appreciates the Committee’s concern for the needs of the most junior enlisted members, but strongly opposes making a significant, permanent change to the basic pay schedule before the completion of the Fourteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation,” the White House budget office said.
The Biden administration has spent over $175 billion on aid to Ukraine and European security since 2022 — roughly one-seventh of the proposed pay hike for the junior troops, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The $175 billion amount is broken into several packages over the course of two years, including the most recent aid package of $61 billion in April.
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One more reason to vote for Trump.
This is a good thing.
The woke military opposes the American people.
And so, anything that weakens the military is a good thing.
I only wish they would refuse pay raises for the FBI.
The woke military is not woke. The flag officers and blue falcons are butt kissing little weasels but the majority of Marines I know love our country. They are and will fight and die if necessary to protect us. There are still idealistic patriotic young men that serve.
Unfortunately they are under the freak-fest, quisling and mentally defective Dem/Rep deep state. Call your congressmen, senator, news media and social media accounts with this disgusting action taken by “our government” that will send 40 MILLION DOLLARS a week to the Afghanistan Taliban but NOTHING for our armed forces.... WTF?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/afghanistans-taliban-cash-us-humanitarian-aid
We’re paying Ukrainian pension funds but not our own troops?
The troops are cannon fodder for Deep State.
The Feebs are not.
No, he’s the stinky, steaming pile…..
So this Azz0 spends billions on ILLEGALS but nixes a pay increase for the Troops.
Let’s Go Brandon!
Agree. This is not the military we once had. Starve the beast.
Ukraine paid Biden/Harris more money.
Illegal aliens get over $65,000 in yearly benefits for doing nothing but violation our laws and invading our country, far more than our military receives.
And, after mandating the horrid $hots, to our dear military.
Beyond disgusting, what they have done/are doing to our troops.
I left the service 40 years ago after 6 years as an E6. Doing a quick look, my salary at the time I left hasn’t changed much in 40 years after being adjusted for inflation.
Yep, my nephew left after having to tolerate an transitioning soldier in his unit. He kept getting complaints from other soldiers who had to bunk with him/her/it and couldn’t get an answer from his higher ups.
I image there were other soldiers who didn’t re-sign as well.
No kickback options with pay raise for enlisted troops.
It’s why the democrat party has withheld pay raises for years for them.
Biden had hated the military ever since cannibals ate uncle bosie.
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