2006-09-09 03:55:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Mudmarine: If it is an increase, why can't I buy as much gasoline with it? It is because you are calculating in dollars from the Clinton Adminstration, which were worth twice as much as Bush adminstration dollars.
2006-09-09 04:32:23 · update #1
Because they can. Troops don't count, they ain't rich.
2006-09-09 05:55:11 · answer #1 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They don't.
Life insurance is $400,000 if I get killed. Plus gratuity of an additional $100,000 plus loss of limb insurance.
My pay has increased quite a bit from when I was here in Iraq in 03-04 to this time 05-06.
My family will be taken care of if I die.
BTW I also get an extra $1,000 per month on top of my regular pay because I have been here twice for a total of over two years. Granted civilians make much more but we don't have it too terrible.
Housing allowances are way up.It depends what state you are from as to how much housing allowance you get.
You can look up pay and allowances for soldiers at the DFAS site.
2006-09-09 05:00:33 · answer #2 · answered by bluefalcon_gillis 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let's get it straight , just once .
Start with a base amount , 1000000 X
Propose an increase 1000
_______________
1001000
Congress passes 500
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Net amount 1000500
It's not a cut , it's an lncrease .
Not as much as we'd like , but still more than we had .
Everytime I hear some politician cry about a cut in a budget , I look at it like my checkbook.
The balance goes up , it's an increase .
The balance goes down , it's a decrease , a CUT .
If you want 7% more and get 5% more , you still gained .
2006-09-09 04:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Since when has any conservative cut benefits for the troops, Our disabled veterans and the war dead???
My benefits has never been cut since President Bush
has been in office.
2006-09-09 04:05:26 · answer #4 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Sir I do believe that the culprits are the liberals....Clinton cut our military to the bone when he was running things and don't even get me started on what Jimmy Carter did.
2006-09-09 04:08:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
They have not. I know plenty of veterans who say their benefits have INCREASED. Not only that, but when my husband and I first got together, his SGLI (Soldier's Group Life Insurance) had a payout of 250K. Now it has a payout of 500K. It's still not worth killing him over, but it's better than it was.
Typical propaganda.
2006-09-09 04:10:21 · answer #6 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You failed to link to a cut. Being retired military I have not seen any of therse alleged cuts. Actually under Bush the death benefit almost doubled.
2006-09-09 04:06:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Your info is wrong. The Democratic Liberals are the ones sanctioning cuts
2006-09-09 04:01:03 · answer #8 · answered by pdudenhefer 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
They have no moral center or sense of obligation, respect or gratitude for those whom they are willing to exploit.
This whole war was a war of choice and a tragic mistake from the beginning.
2006-09-09 04:00:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Another untruth from the lying left !
2006-09-09 04:04:12 · answer #10 · answered by bd5star 2 · 6⤊ 2⤋