{"id":25924,"date":"2011-07-21T08:44:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25924"},"modified":"2011-07-21T08:44:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:44:45","slug":"the-gang-of-six-is-coming-for-defense-money-and-retirees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25924","title":{"rendered":"The “Gang of Six” is coming for defense money – and retirees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, that plan that the “Gang of Six” (or Seven) Senators who are proposing an alternate to the spending bill which passed the House yesterday are relying heavily on cuts to Defense and restructuring payments to military and Social Security retirees. in the National Journal<\/a> is a report that Buck McKeon, Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee isn’t very happy with their proposals;<\/p>\n

Seizing on an analysis of the bipartisan Senate group’s plan released on Tuesday by the House Budget Committee, McKeon said the proposal would cut $886 billion in security spending over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

A summary of the gang’s proposal circulated on Tuesday contained little detail on defense or other security cuts. But the gang has said its plan is consistent with suggestions made by the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission, which recommended trimming security accounts by $886 billion over the next decade. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Defense is easy to cut, it takes no real skill to cut the pay, benefits and war fighting material for a minority of Americans, as opposed to slashing eligibility for SSI or welfare…or slashing operations costs for Congress.<\/p>\n

And they’re coming for your retirement checks, both military and Social Security;<\/p>\n

In his memo, McKeon said the proposal would require changes to military retirement and other benefits \u2013 a difficult issue on Capitol Hill, where many lawmakers are reluctant to scale back compensation and benefits for current and retired service personnel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our belief that this proposal raises serious implications for defense and would not allow us to perform our constitutional responsibility to provide for the safety and security of our country or keep faith with men and women in uniform,\u201d McKeon wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And in the Marine Corps Times<\/a>, they report that that the Cost-of-Living-Allowance (COLA) that you haven’t got the last two years, well, it’s been too much, so the Gang of Six (or Seven) wants to cut that, too;<\/p>\n

A bipartisan group of a half-dozen senators Tuesday presented a deficit-reduction proposal that would mean smaller annual cost-of-living adjustments for federal and military retirees.<\/p>\n

The so-called Gang of Six said the government should switch to the so-called chained Consumer Price Index to set all inflationary adjustments, including COLAs, for federal and military pensions and Social Security payments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I suppose it’s because we’ve always just sat back and taken it in the ass whenever they want to save money on the political cheap. It’s never cost them anything, so why not take a whack at the old fucks again – those of us who’ve already paid off our part of the contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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