gov employees should get pay raises and pensions similar to that of non-gov employees. considering that most American workers don't get pensions, neither should gov employees.
On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 8:06:46 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Obama Denies Servicemen 2.1% Pay Raise* > > October 6, 2016 > > President Obama must not worry what Americans think of him anymore because > he’s no longer trying to conceal his disregard for the brave men and women > who keep the country safe. > > Few presidents have matched Obama in his dislike of the military, a > prejudice reflected in his administration’s repeated attempts to reduce > it’s budget and his reluctance to deploy American forces in anything other > than the most toothless way. The result of these bone-headed policies, of > course, is the present chaos we see today, so although Obama won’t be > around much longer to clean up the mess he made (whether he’d be inclined > to or not is an entirely different story), one would think he would at > least want to thank our country’s servicemen before he leaves office. > > One way he could have done this was by giving them raises, something that > has been on the table for some time now. In fact, a recent push for > military personnel to get a 2.1% pay raise drew enough attention to earn a > response from the White House: at best, they would receive a raise of 1.7%. > > As a pay raise, 1.6% is not nearly enough to allow military employees to > keep up with both inflation and rising civilian wages. It is, however, > entirely predictable as Obama has failed to give servicemen an adequate > raise for the past three years, making life even harder for soldiers and > veterans than it already is: > > “Chris receives 70% disability resulting from internal injuries and > traumatic brain injury (TBI). His raise at 1.6%? Just $27 per month: > > ‘The small increases [of living expenses] have affected our family of > five. Not only do we have a cost increase of daily expenses and from adding > a new baby, but living expenses have outpaced the raises dramatically. > > In the last year, our mortgage payment has gone up twice, totaling over > $200 a month, just to keep up with our escrow. We are both working hard, > more than we would like with three small kids, to survive and maintain our > standard of living.’ > > Zach’s disability rating is 50%: > > ‘A 1.6% increase would add $18.18 to my monthly award. So this year I > could add less than a meal per month to the table. > > I try to maintain a humble heart and mind; remembering the fact that the > money I receive is a gift from God. So I do what I am able to with the gift > given. But my cost of living continues to increase so my ‘increase’ > basically just reduces the actual ‘decrease’ in salary.’ > > Nathan currently has a 100% disability rating for TBI and PTSD. His raise > amounts to barely over $50 monthly:” > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <beo...@westerndefense.net <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmaTVzcTU2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NzYwNTc3NzM-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZ21vOGg3BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ3NjA1Nzc3Mw--> > > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <javascript:> • Terms of Use > <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
