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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nJust like when, a few years ago, the President told America that he was going to make healthcare more affordable, he was planning on making it more expensive for members of the military and retirees, now while he’s trying to get Americans a higher minimum wage, he’s letting military languish below civilian pay, according to the Military Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n All of it is necessary, officials say, to help offset unsustainable costs. Yet as service members’ wages lag behind those in the private sector, what’s known as the military-civilian “pay gap,” several small cuts add up can add up quickly. And that too comes at a cost.<\/p>\n “The Defense Department keeps saying they’ll protect readiness by asking families to pay for it, and thinking that families will suck it up and take one for the team,” said Joyce Wessel Raezer, executive director of the National Military Family Association. “It’s a spiral that’s going to end up hurting families and hurting the military.”<\/p>\n Today, military and civilian pay is about on par. In the 1990s, the pay gap topped 13 percent, said Steve Strobridge, government relations director for the Military Officers Association of America. That era saw a host of changes on par with those being debated now. Housing was shifted off-base. Personnel programs were slashed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Like when Obama told The American Legion convention that he wasn’t going to balance the budget on the backs of veterans while his secretary of defense was raiding the Tricare healthcare surplus and he was conniving to raise out-of-pocket expenses for retirees, now they’re expecting active duty troops to suck up lower COLA allowances while paying for their dependents’ healthcare and paying more for their groceries. <\/p>\n The troops sacrifice in war only to end up sacrificing more when they come home, while the majority of America goes to the mall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"