{"id":37624,"date":"2013-09-17T10:57:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37624"},"modified":"2013-09-17T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T14:58:02","slug":"rob-wittman-r-va-military-personnel-cuts-is-a-place-we-can-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37624","title":{"rendered":"Rob Wittman, R-Va: Military personnel cuts ” is a place we can go”"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOP chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rob Wittman, R-Va, according to our buddy, Rick Maze at the Military Times<\/a> said that he’s amenable to cuts in personnel costs at the Department of Defense;<\/p>\n

If benefits are cut for current troops, any savings could be offset by higher turnover as career service members leave and potential recruits decide not to enlist because of concern the government doesn\u2019t keep commitments, he said.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s willing, though, to consider change in pay, health care and retirement for people who have not yet started military service. \u201cI think that is a place we can go,\u201d he said. \u201cI am very much in favor of this discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he considered current benefits overly generous, Wittman replied: \u201cI think it generous. I think it is fair for what our men and women have been asked to do.\u201d Asked if he thought future service members would be any less dedicated, Wittman said he did not but, he believed it was fair to provide less generous benefits as long as the future members and their families understood the compensation package they were getting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, good, Republicans can talk like Democrats. I guess that means that I can keep my money in my pocket – if I was going to give money to a campaign of a candidate that acts like Democrats, I might as well give it to Democrats. <\/p>\n

Mr. Wittman, tell me why a prospective future member of the military would make the sacrifices that they would be asked to make if there’s nothing at the end of the road? I stayed in the military for my stint because I knew what I thought was going to be the benefits when I finished. I never for a minute thought that Congress would erode those benefits after I fulfilled my part of the bargain like they have done. I don’t for a minute believe that Congress won’t reduce the benefits of currently serving and currently retired service members if they find an opportunity.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Gregg for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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