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Politics : War
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To: Carolyn who wrote (22462)2/24/2014 11:13:46 AM
From: joseffy1 Recommendation   of 23908
 
The Pentagon argues that personnel costs are simply too big a share of the defense budget to ignore. "Personnel costs reflect some 50 percent of the Pentagon budget and cannot be exempted in the context of the significant cuts the department is facing," Adm. John Kirby, the Defense Department's top spokesman, told the Journal. "Secretary Hagel has been clear that, while we do not want to, we ultimately must slow the growth of military pay and compensation."



There is an old axiom that states, "Do not fuck with a soldier's pay or food".

American soldiers can and do read. Pay raises are exploding higher all across our government without complaint from other department heads.

Cutting all government pay including the military would be accepted.
Singling out our military for cuts while everyone else is getting handsome raises is going to be a very big mistake.

In my mind it will be a deliberate mistake with profound negative consequences that are easy to predict and that must be desired.




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