(Army Times) Backtalk: Military groups most deserving of government ‘bailout’

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Military groups most deserving of government ‘bailout’
By Steven P. Strobridge

If the United States can afford to spend almost $1 trillion in bailouts for companies whose financial troubles were caused by their own mismanagement, what about those in the military community who have been forced into grievous sacrifices for the country through no fault of their own?

The Military Officers Association of America doesn’t question the need for urgent and substantive government action to address the very real national economic crisis.

But we do think the nation needs to maintain perspective on the relative degrees of sacrifice for the nation in assessing which groups most deserve substantive federal relief.

Here are MOAA’s top eight nominees who need and deserve government assistance at least as much as business leaders do.

• Currently serving military families, the only large group of U.S. employees denied use of flexible spending accounts to deduct out-of-pocket health and dependent costs from income and payroll taxes. Who needs a child care tax break more than a family with a deployed parent?


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/community/opinion/army_backtalk_bailout_122208/%2e



uhc comment: Since 40% of the occupying force is Guard and Reserve, these changes seem reasonable.