{"id":50495,"date":"2014-06-11T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=50495"},"modified":"2014-06-10T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T21:04:17","slug":"senators-seek-to-slice-flag-officers-pensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=50495","title":{"rendered":"Senators seek to slice flag officers’ pensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, in 2007, the Democrat Congress increased general officers’ pensions in order to entice them into staying in the service. The change hiked some pensions by 63%. Apparently, some unnamed dude in USAToday<\/a>‘s article was scraping by on a mere $272,892 per year. So the Senate is moving to change that;<\/p>\n

“Cutting the special pension enhancement is a no-brainer,” said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a non-partisan government watchdog. “This dubious provision was enacted at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a means of retaining senior flag officers; however, there is little evidence that it realized its intended effect. It should be revoked as soon as possible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, not only that, if they appeared in front of Congress and testified in favor of personnel cuts to defense spending, they should give up 10% of their annual pension for each time they told Congress that. It should also affect the pensions of any Sergeant Major<\/a> who does that, too.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure that general officers don’t need an incentive to stay in service longer, in fact, in many cases they need a disincentive. <\/p>\n

The committee directed the Pentagon, at the request of Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., to study the effectiveness of the bolstered pensions in keeping senior officers in the military. This year, she questioned the need for the larger pension payments during a hearing about military compensation and the need to rein in costs.<\/p>\n

The change was tucked into the massive National Defense Authorization Act, which the committee approved on a 25-1 vote late last month. The full senate will vote on the bill this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I’m sure a Pentagon study will recommend a pension cut. While they’re at it, the Senate ought to investigate their own pension system. Not holding my breath for either.<\/p>\n

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

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