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Originally posted by Munchkin03
How is the administration cutting benefits for servicemen? I thought Bush was giving them more take-home pay then Clinton had. I grew up in a military town, and when there are cuts, we usually hear about them in the incipient phases.
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The Congress approved an increase in the military budget and in pay. IMHO, those in the military STILL aren't paid what they're worth, but, things are getting better...
When I was in the Navy, same policy - we got leave when we returned from deployment, but had to pay our own way home from base if we really wanted to get away. There are good military only travel reps on most bases, and the rates on flights were reasonable, so I always took off to home when I could.
The thing about paying for meals does chide me just a little bit - of course, all their actual health care is free, but the meals thing does look a bit suspicious, and I would venture to guess that if enough publicity is given to it, it'll be revoked (only for those wounded in the line of duty)...time will tell.
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