Obama is right on schedule with his fundamental change. Gut the military, while paying fat bonuses to the unions. Only this time his actions will truly weaken America. Go ahead read it.
Obama to cut healthcare benefits for active duty and retired US military
The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families and retirees to pay sharply more for their healthcare, while leaving unionized civilian defense workers’ benefits untouched. The proposal is causing a major rift within the Pentagon, according to U.S. officials. Several congressional aides suggested the move is designed to increase the enrollment in Obamacare’s state-run insurance exchanges.
The disparity in treatment between civilian and uniformed personnel is causing a backlash within the military that could undermine recruitment and retention.
The proposed increases in health care payments by service members, which must be approved by Congress, are part of the Pentagon’s $487 billion cut in spending. It seeks to save $1.8 billion from the Tricare medical system in the fiscal 2013 budget, and $12.9 billion by 2017.
Many in Congress are opposing the proposed changes, which would require the passage of new legislation before being put in place.
“We shouldn’t ask our military to pay our bills when we aren’t willing to impose a similar hardship on the rest of the population,” Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a Republican from California, said in a statement to the Washington Free Beacon. “We can’t keep asking those who have given so much to give that much more.”
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So, our military is asked to give their lives for our country and the world for that matter, and now they are going to get to pay ... themselves for the privilege.
In a sense? That is exactly correct chuck. what I fear most now is what I am seeing as this race for the presidency comes closer.
As every day passes, I see a more certain reality that Barack Obama will be re-elected. The mainstream media and the party elites of the GOP have all but cinched that reality now.
And what will we do and how will America survive once that reality settles on the people.
We will bury you! is becoming an ever increasing reality of prophesy that is haunting America from the height of the cold war.
They are destroying this nation from within like a cancer and this next election cycle will solidify that reality IMO.
Once Obama is re-elected and the American people see how they have been betrayed by both parties and the media at large, watch for a reckoning. Watch for social and political collapse and chaos.
America is about to be cleansed by fire and blood in my opinion and whether we survive remains to be seen.
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