{"id":56804,"date":"2014-12-03T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56804"},"modified":"2014-12-02T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T22:14:02","slug":"dod-negotiates-cuts-to-troop-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56804","title":{"rendered":"DoD negotiates cuts to troops’ compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that the Department of Defense, the White House and Congress has reached a deal on how much they can screw the troops;<\/p>\n

The White House and the Defense Department earlier this year proposed cuts to benefits including raises, allowance and health insurance, and planned to save money by retiring the Air Force\u2019s A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, mothballing some ships and curbing other equipment costs.<\/p>\n

Top brass came to Capitol Hill and made their case to lawmakers for a spending reduction plan that covers the next decade, saying mandatory budget caps set to kick in 2015 will put the Pentagon in a money crunch. The Senate backed many of the military proposals but the House balked at finding savings by carving out troop benefits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I’m sure the other agencies, the EPA, the Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, Health and Human Services and all of the rest will be marching into Congress to demand cuts to their own employees’ compensation packages, too. But, I’m not holding my breath. <\/p>\n

Concerned Veterans For America<\/a> says that Congress is planning to lard up the Defense Bill with non-defense related stuff;<\/p>\n

CVA is deeply concerned about reports that lawmakers are attempting to add non-defense related spending riders to the FY2015 NDAA- including funding for a women\u2019s history museum and the acquisition of more public land for the federal government. At a time when our nation is facing record level of debt and the Pentagon is making tough choices due to a shrinking defense budget, it is absolutely disgusting that lawmakers would use an important piece of national security legislation like the NDAA as a vehicle to fund pet projects and reward political supporters \u2013 especially while our nation still has brave servicemen and women risking their lives in combat every day in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, yeah, way to be frugal, guys, and way to show the troops that you’re sticking up for them. You can also cut your own compensation packages and show the rest of us how it’s done. You can cut staff, cut your expense accounts, turn in your free cars. There’s lots of ways that 535 folks can find places to cut before they start cutting the pay of the folks doing the really heavy lifting of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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