From Thinkprogress:
Last night on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Todd Bowers — an Iraq war veteran and director of government affairs for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America — broke down the White House’s position in dollar terms. Bowers explained that the difference between a 3 percent and 3.5 percent pay raise is the difference of six bucks a month for the average servicemember. Bowers said:
[The average servicemember] gets $1300 a month. You got expenses that you have to cover for. You got to take care of family members, car payments. It essentially adds up. This 3% raise would give them approximately $29 extra dollars, alright. Point five percent gives them an extra $6 dollars. We’re talking about $6 for someone that is serving over in Iraq and Afghanistan that is away from their families. It’s not too much to ask.
2 comments:
I say triple that raise and then double it.......really supportive of the troops this WH, that pay is pathetic for what they are going through.
Yes, that pay is pathetic and disservice from a nimrod who keep praising the troops and urging the public to back him for the war. What a slap in the face to the troops to treating them and their families like indenture servants. $1300 won't cut it for the troops or any American.
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