Muddling perfectly Defense Appropriation bills with crap like this? Ending disability benefits to millions of vets? Cutting funds available for veteran disability appeals? Preventing troops in war zones access to body armour and vehicles? Voting against Stop Loss payments? Voting against GI bill benefits for children of killed vets? Tripled TriCare costs? Cutting funding for psychiatric care for returning vets? Cutting food stamps and housing for wifes of veterans serving overseas? Denying foreclosure help for those same military families? The list goes on....but this is the kicker:
Making it harder for troops overseas, and their spouses stateside, to vote.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/15/eveningnews/main20092652.shtmlRadical overhaul of military retirement eyedThe proposal comes from an influential panel of military advisors called the Defense Business Board. Their plan, laid out in a 24-page presentation "Modernizing the Military Retirement System," would eliminate the familiar system under which anyone who serves 20 years is eligible for retirement at half their salary. Instead, they'd get a 401k-style plan with government contributions.
They'd have to wait until normal retirement age. It would save $250 billion dollars over 20 years.