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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:04 PM Original message |
Retiree Benefits for the Military Could Face Cuts |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have a modest proposal... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Another fun proposal: |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 04:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
57. What's the average kill ratio in the USPS? |
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theslickdumpling (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. military health and retirement cuts? |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I find it appalling; |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Cutting personnel costs are the only way to effectively cut the Defense budget. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Fighting forces were reduced by tens of thousands for the Iraq War/quagmire |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. That's just pure spin. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. that's right, we need to cut the contractors |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
40. One way to cut it big time is to stop having wars!! |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Our word to any of our citizens should be kept |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Thank You! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Once again it is the people who get cut not the corporations. Oh well, |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. No surprise, is it? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Park one of the aircraft carriers. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. on top of the GOP Washington delegation. |
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StatGirl (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why are they lumping health care costs for current military folks |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. They already do that. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. BINGO! I was promised free medical and dental for life did my part now no Dental and I pay 4 Tricare |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 04:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
58. I can't tell if you're joking. |
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StatGirl (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I didn't express myself well |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. All this because the rich don't want to pay more taxes. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Hell, because a lot of the poor don't want the rich to pay more taxes, too. thanks, TP! (nt) |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Cut our entitlements when you cut your own |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:26 PM Original message |
Someone has to suffer to make sure banksters get bailed out. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Self delte. Dupe. |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-18-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dismantle the Empire |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. They tried to do this in the eighties. They actually passed it. It didn't work. |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. they are already talking extra costs of tricare, we got notice |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I know. I got the note, too. Head to the base when you can! NT |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. Congress will quit giving "cost of living" raises to the military |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is a good way to get more vets on our side. |
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Mumblefratz (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. Why are cuts always directed at people instead of corporations? |
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USAMSGRETIRED (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Why are cuts always directed at people instead of corporations? |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Actually, the smart ones did their 20 |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. a friend of mine will also |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Welcome to DU MSG |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. You got a choice |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. I went in earlier than you, but the promises were the same. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. some of these corporations are no longer american |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It has to do with the cost matrix. See, they don't care about the long view. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
22. Since when is a military retiree's health and pension benefits a "welfare system"? |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. It is welfare |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-21-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
59. It is not financial assistance. |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is horrible |
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A Physicist (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. According to this article, military pensions are not included in the $700 billion defense budget: |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. Why is it that they will go after |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. I KNEW it . . . to all the former military that monopolize my local paper's blog |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. WHY cut retiree benefits when there is 1000x the waste elsewhere in the Pentagon? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. The ugly truth? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. To be fair, $1 trillion of that amount was probably spent on |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. No,no, no!!! We aren't talking about the "black ops" part of the |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. To be fair, $1 trillion of that amount was probably spent on |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. low hanging fruit n/t |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. If President Obama supports this he will be making the same mistake |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. Imagine, our government screwing it's veterans. This country has no Morals. |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. Two more years |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. MOAA has your back. |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I think so too |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
55. Time for another bonus march, but this time they should be sufficiently |
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