{"id":35285,"date":"2013-04-25T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35285"},"modified":"2013-04-25T11:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T15:56:00","slug":"obama-administration-troops-should-sacrifice-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35285","title":{"rendered":"Obama Administration: Troops should sacrifice more"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROS sends us a link from the Army Times<\/a> which reports on a briefing for National Military Family Association in which the Obama Administration representatives tell the military families that the troops should be proud to sacrifice their pay raises to balance the Federal budget;<\/p>\n

White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden, no relation to Michael Hayden, said Obama is committed to \u201ca sacred trust\u201d with military members, but needed to reduce the pay raise, partly to offset congressional refusal to cut spending on \u201coutdated weapons system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Robbins, a Pentagon spokeswoman, called the limit on pay increases a \u201ctough decision.\u201d But she said the Defense Department must pay for proper training and support, and \u201cfair compensation that recognizes the sacrifices they (troops) make for our country … while adhering to the budget constraints it is facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pentagon officials briefing military family representatives framed the 1 percent increase as a trade-off: \u201cThey believe servicemembers and families would be willing to give something on the size of pay raises to ensure funding for the mission,\u201d the National Military Family Association explained to members on its website.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I like to point out as often as I can, Caitlin Hayden used to spam this blog with misinformation when she worked for Karl Eikenberry, That Dick, while he was the ambassador to Afghanistan, so I’m not really surprised that she wouldn’t feel a tinge of guilt when she says the president in committed to the troops. The troops and veterans are shouldering the weight of budget cuts while the rest of the country is relatively untouched – just like they shouldered the burden of our wars while we went about our merry lives. Sacrifice is something that the troops have committed themselves to without complaint for centuries, so when, exactly, does their sacrifice end?<\/p>\n

Prices of food and gasoline are steadily rising, shouldn’t their pay raises keep pace with that inflation? I constantly hear about fairness from this administration, why can’t they be fair to the troops and the veterans? Obama has built his legacy around the successes of the troops, isn’t it time that he pay them for their faithful service?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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