{"id":35628,"date":"2013-05-15T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35628"},"modified":"2013-05-15T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:23:55","slug":"not-balancing-the-budget-on-the-backs-of-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35628","title":{"rendered":"Not balancing the budget on the backs of veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief tango sends us a link from Stars & Stripes<\/a> which reports that some pack of morons who call themselves the Stimson Center<\/a> (named after former U.S. Secretary of War and Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson) have ‘discovered” a way to save the Department of Defense “$900 billion over a decade without sacrificing significant combat capabilities”. Sounds tempting, doesn’t it? Well this is their plan;<\/p>\n

Among Stimson\u2019s cost-cutting recommendations: pegging pay to specialization in high-demand areas; requiring military retirees to pay more for health care; curtailing the number of health care beneficiaries; and reforming military retirement plans to more closely resemble civilian-style retirement options.<\/p>\n

The report suggested, among other actions, trimming the number of civilian and contractor employees, using service members to perform \u201cinherently military functions\u201d and reducing redundant support services inside each military branch. The report also outlined better management acquisition practices.<\/p>\n

This year, the Air Force must cut $10.8 billion by the end of September. Among other actions to cut spending, the service has drastically slashed flying hours, grounded aircraft and deferred maintenance. It could furlough 13,000 civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, among tens of thousands possible furloughs in the Defense Department.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not surprised that first words out of their crooked little mouths is to make veterans pay more for something that we always understood was going to be without cost to us – you know one of the reasons that we sacrificed our youth and health to a career, thinking we were going to be taken care of. Why am I not surprised that I find the only member of their Board with military service is a Rear Admiral? Just more of that stuff from civilians who are jealous that we get something they think we don’t deserve. <\/p>\n

And, oh, you can bet that the thing about slashing contractors means that active duty troops will be scrubbing pots on KP duty rather than on the ranges training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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