Support the troops ? But certainly not with a fair wage?

Question

1 in 6 military families draws welfare, yet.....

Love to hear the "Support the Troops" right wing sect explain how this isn't a direct contradiction to their misleading slogan
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Army Times.

White House opposes 3.5 percent pay raise

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday May 18, 2007 12:24:44 EDT

Troops don’t need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a statement of administration policy laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill.

The Bush administration had asked for a 3 percent military raise for Jan. 1, 2008, enough to match last year’s average pay increase in the private sector. The House Armed Services Committee recommends a 3.5 percent pay increase for 2008, and increases in 2009 through 2012 that also are 0.5 percentage point greater than private-sector pay raises.

The slightly bigger military raises are intended to reduce the gap between military and civilian pay that stands at about 3.9 percent today. Under the bill, HR 1585, the pay gap would be reduced to 1.4 percent after the Jan. 1, 2012, pay increase.

Bush budget officials said the administration “strongly opposes” both the 3.5 percent raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases “unnecessary.”


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So a soldier serving in Iraq can't get a 3.5% raise on his $ 13,000 + salary

BUT

The Bush administration just gave VA senior executives bonuses

...BONUSES

that average $ 17,000 per administrator

for the Veteran's Administrators that are NOT taking proper care of our wounded soldiers

Please conservatives...please...explain this

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/05/mi...

http://www.iava.org/index.php?option=con...

Answer 1

"Support the Troops" means being vocally demanding that they keep fighting in a pointless war and sticking yellow magnets on your SUV's, that's all.

Answer 2

If you go back and look. You will also find that Lieutenant Generals and higher made an 8.9% raise while the rest of us made a 2.2 for 01 Jan 07.

It's good to be at the top of the food chain. Can I vote myself a raise too?

Answer 3

That's why the troops are my heroes.