How do you feel about the pentagon wanting to take back bonuses from soldiers who have been wounded in war and can no longer serve?
2007-12-11 14:58:24 · 4 answers · asked by GoldenHaze 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
That's what happens when you sign without reading. Good answer desertviking_00. I saw this on the news the other day and they mentioned the pentagon wanting it done. But then again The finance clerks are probably located at the pentagon. thanks for shedding some light.
2007-12-11 16:33:26 · update #1
also, congress needs to carefully read the laws in which they pass. They only affect how this country is going to run.
2007-12-11 16:35:47 · update #2
This Bush regime has been taking and taking right from the begining....I feel really sorry for the troops and the vets....Brave men and women fighting for their country...They all derserve medals and bonusus....Support the troops....God bless the usa!!!!!We are who we are because of sacraficses from
our service men and women past and present!!!!!
2007-12-11 15:32:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not the Pentagon. It's some finance clerks at the Defense Finance Activity for the Army who are merely applying the law as the Congress wrote it. If you don't finish your contracted period of service, you must forfeit any bonuses you received under the terms of that contract.
The same Members of Congress who voted "Aye" on that law without ever having read the legislation are the same ones screaming for someone's scalp over this issue.
Now, once again, the Congress will have to pass amendments to a law which they passed in the first place and which wound up hurting people instead of helping them. So, don't blame the folks in that five-sided building and don't blame that civil servant at that fort in Missouri. Blame the folks who wrote and passed the law.
2007-12-11 23:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They need the money to buy new security surveillance cameras for the Pentagon. Last time a missile hit it (9-11) they weren't working. Hate it when that happens.
2007-12-12 00:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by markredwing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is absolutely silly, but as already explained, Congress screwed the pooch once again, so blame them, not some lowly clerk just doing what their directions tell them to do.
2007-12-11 23:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by bacco l 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋