{"id":39235,"date":"2014-01-10T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39235"},"modified":"2014-01-09T19:06:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T00:06:15","slug":"cola-cuts-were-just-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39235","title":{"rendered":"COLA cuts were just the beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day we heard from the VSOs that they were worried that the cuts to COLA increases for disabled and retired veterans was just the beginning. Well, it appears that their worries weren’t unfounded. The Congressional Budget Office has suggested six options for the Pentagon in order to meet their budgetary restraints and of course, all six “suggestions” are personnel cuts, according to the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The largest savings would draw from what would be the most untenable option for the Defense Department: further cuts to the size of each military service. According to Murray, reductions could yield $495 billion in savings over 10 years, but they would mean eliminating 10 Army brigade combat teams, 34 major Navy ships, two Marine Corps regiments and 170 Air Force fighters.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Capping military pay raises.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Replace military personnel with civilians. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Increase Tricare fees<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Establish an enrollment fee for Tricare for Life<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article reports the amount of savings from each recommendation, but the last two, in regards to Tricare are recommended to “encourage” military retirees to find other healthcare and to punish them for using the benefit that they earned through their service. So in effect, you paid for your healthcare with your youth, your sacrifice and your health, and now they want you to go out and pay for someone else’s healthcare, too.<\/p>\n

As an afterthought, CBO recommends some cuts to programs such as the Joint Strike Fighter, but mostly they want to screw the troops and break faith with veterans.<\/p>\n

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

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