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lonestarnot

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39. If we make a big enough stink, maybe that will happen!

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #35)

Mon Oct 24, 2016, 10:33 PM

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National guard soldiers told to pay back bonuses years after enlisting [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2016 OP

This is just ridiculous TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #1

This is the California state government, not Obama EL34x4 Oct 2016 #3

Then Jerry Brown needs to fix it TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #5

I suppose he could but on the other hand this isnt like they didnt get the money they cstanleytech Oct 2016 #6

They were promised the money by officials TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2016 #8

Yes they were promised some and they got that the extra money though was not supposed cstanleytech Oct 2016 #9

If the soldiers knew they were getting an improperly large bonus, than yes, I agree progree Oct 2016 #15

Yes but the government had specifically stated how much to pay them and cstanleytech Oct 2016 #20

They were also prohibited 2naSalit Oct 2016 #29

But if the mistake was made by the government, not by the soldier, it seems to me the Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #21

The government needs to just let it go... Blanks Oct 2016 #27

I read that it was the Pentagon. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #37

This doesn't surprise me at all unfortunately. NWCorona Oct 2016 #2

I hope every would be enlistee hears about this dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #4

The DOD and/or the State of California need to erase the mistake. leanforward Oct 2016 #7

How do they fix the real mistake? jbeing Oct 2016 #10

It ain't just California shadowmayor Oct 2016 #11

Selective Retention Bonus tcbrola Oct 2016 #12

I guess my question though is were the soldiers aware that they were not eligible? Massacure Oct 2016 #14

I was in the military. And the answer to your last question is hell yes. progree Oct 2016 #16

Many of them were not, I am sure. Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #22

And if the state decides to go after the soldiers for this, christx30 Oct 2016 #30

They ought to be able to, and ethics aside, think of this from a contract law standpoint. Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #24

Offer/acceptance/binding sounds simple enough to me. lonestarnot Oct 2016 #38

If any other employer paid out a bonus, then tried to take it back 12 years later...??? Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #13

This is a disgrace, they earned it! denbot Oct 2016 #23

equity DustyJoe Oct 2016 #28

This happening to my husband AwakeAtLast Oct 2016 #31

Sometimes the government should just eat the loss. Disgusting. Vinca Oct 2016 #33

Congress knew for at least two years about Pentagon efforts to take back bonuses from veterans Eugene Oct 2016 #34

Yet the Pentagon keeps making payments to contractors who are behind in their deliveries dflprincess Oct 2016 #35

If we make a big enough stink, maybe that will happen! lonestarnot Oct 2016 #39

Story is starting to pick up steam.... Upin Oct 2016 #41

They should go after those shrink-wrapped bundles of $9 billion dollars that disappeared in Iraq. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2016 #40

They went back to Iraq during the worst of it. riderinthestorm Oct 2016 #36

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