Kerry: Bush’s pay raise for troops is lowest in 12 years

[ProSense]

02/16/2006

John Kerry Leads Military Pay-Raise Effort

Bush’s pay raise for troops is lowest in 12 years

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) led a 10-Senator effort to increase the pay for servicemembers.

The President’s budget specifies a 2.2% increase – the smallest pay raise for our military since 1994.

“Our troops are sacrificing so much, in every corner of the world. Shortchanging them and the families who love them is a lousy way to say thanks,” said Kerry, who authored the letter.

“Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us. I’m going to fight for a fair military pay raise until it becomes a reality, and I thank my colleagues who have joined me in doing so,” added Kerry.

Kerry's letter and links here:

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1968

[wakeme2008]

1. Bush to Troops --Fuck you

I don't need your vote any more :grr:

[LiberalEsto]

2. Gotta make sure Halliburton gets its profits

while serving crappy food to the troops

[karynnj]

3. It's amazing that they didn't even follow their own

formula. This is pathetic as the job is far more dangerous than many thought when they signed up.

[wisteria]

4. Everybody else associated with the Military and this war is being

compensated except for the soldiers. This just shows how much this administration actually cares about the men and women who actually defend this country.
I am happy to see Kerry is doing what he can for them.

[Berserker]

6. But now he can say

we gave a pay raise to the troops blah blah blah The economy is great blah blah blah.

[ProSense]

5. Bush sent the troops to war to fight, gives them a snub on pay raise and

rewards the oil companies oil companies.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2458951&mesg_id=2458951

[ginnyinWI]

7. Once again, Kerry gets it while * can't see it.

I can only hope that eventually people will realize the truth.

[corkhead]

8. self delete