So this is how we support our troops

[tazkcmo]

This is my first post since I arrived at DU several years ago so forgive me if I screw it up or do something against the rules. I received this email today:

Reject Military Retirement COLA Cuts
The proposed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 aims to provide budget stability and help ease the harmful effects of sequestration on the defense budget. However, one provision within the bill would penalize current and future military members who have served our nation for over twenty years. Specifically, it cuts the annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for uniformed service retirees by 1 percent a year until age 62.

The cuts will have a devastating and long-lasting impact. By age 62, retirees who serve a 20 year career would lose nearly 20 percent of their retired pay. An E-7 retiring at age 40 today would experience a loss of $83,000 in purchasing power - an O-5 would lose $124,000.

Send your elected officials the message below asking them to reject this provision that breaks faith with current and future military retirees, and threatens long term readiness and retention in the uniformed services.


go to http://capwiz.com/moaa/issues/alert/?alertid=63026006

Please share this info with as many people as possible and let's raise holy hell about this.

Thank you.

[RGinNJ]

1. Thanks for the link.

and Thank You for your first post.

[decrepittex]

2. The US loves soldiers

As long as they are doing the dirty work and getting their ass shot or shot at. When they come home it's all a different story. 25% of homeless people are veterans. Where are their jobs, where is their help?

[tazkcmo]

3. I suppose that's

what the bumper stickers are for. I'm a vet, been homeless more than once. I'm pretty disgusted with this country and have been since Desert Storm or Oil War I.

[Mnemosyne]

4. K&R for more visibility. nt

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

5. Why are do so many military personnel vote Republican and empower

those who most want to screw them out of their benefits?