My feelings on this proposal, especially with still No Demand for Sacrifice from the Country, they should change the retirement program, Enhance it! After these two long wars of choice and many with multiple tours in these theaters, if military personal want out they should have that ability after a ten year stretch not just twenty, for them as well as their families who have been the only ones Sacrificing while the Country argues politics and wars like they're sporting events they think they participate in! Wall Street 401k's, let those that have reaped huge wealth from these wars, directly or indirectly, get their ponzi scheme monopoly money elsewhere, oh and Not from Social Security neither!
August 19, 2011 - Veterans groups lashed out this week at a proposed overhaul of the military retirement system, vowing to fight any changes that could take money out of current or future retirees’ pockets.
The plan, a recommendation from the Defense Business Board, calls for an end to the all-or-nothing current retirement system, which requires military personnel to serve at least 20 years to receive any benefits. The new proposal would offer partial benefits after 10 years and adopt a system closer to corporate 401(k) retirement plans.
But veterans groups worry that could mean retirees wouldn’t have access to their payouts until after age 65 -- some military retirees now can begin collecting benefits before their 39th birthday -- and could require younger troops to sacrifice part of their paychecks today to receive any benefits later.
In an editorial released Thursday, American Legion National Commander Jimmie Foster wrote that his group was “drawing a line in the sand” opposing any plans that reduce retirement pay.
“These are the people who have sacrificed their lives, their bodies, their peace of mind and – in some cases – their hopes and dreams for this nation,” he wrote. “You can’t compare it to a lifetime career as a broker or an insurance salesman. Military service is a high-pressure job that takes a physical and emotional toll.” read more>>>
Proposed Changes to the Military Retirement Plan
No Revenues = Still No Sacrifice = That's Called 'Support' For The Troops!!
No Sacrifice now a decade long added to the previous decades!!
Already known through decades of our brothers and sisters living those false patriotic? meme's and cheap phony symbols of!
But what were the demands as we sent soldiers into two more wars of choice, federal monies for religious organizations who aren't supposed to preach but do, and they got it and that continues!
Veterans of these wars and our brothers and sisters of previous, No Demands For Sacrifice now a decade plus added to the decades previous, easier to lay blame on the Veterans Affairs Agency than look in the mirror while claiming 'patriotism' and waving those flags while laughing at purple heart bandages!!
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