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10-09-2004, 11:12 PM

Bush proposed cuts on seperation and combat pay back in 2003 (because we'd won the war and it was over) which totaled together amounted to a $225.00/ month paycut. He then backpedaled because of military and public outrage and re-instated the amount until December of this year. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0815-09.htm
Troops are concerned that the paycut will now be put into effect a month after the election is over. Anybody want to make a bet about what happens to their pay should Bush be re-elected with 4 year's clear sailing ahead? When your base pay is only $1200 or $1400/month that $225.00 means alot. Bush was shamed temporarily from making this cut, but the December date for a pay decrease looms large in the minds of many soldiers.

I did not write that ALL the soldiers were black or hispanic, just that many of them were. We talked to any number of white soldiers as well in the same series of apartment complexes.

10-09-2004, 11:12 PM	#3
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Bush proposed cuts on seperation and combat pay back in 2003 (because we'd won the war and it was over) which totaled together amounted to a $225.00/ month paycut. He then backpedaled because of military and public outrage and re-instated the amount until December of this year. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0815-09.htm Troops are concerned that the paycut will now be put into effect a month after the election is over. Anybody want to make a bet about what happens to their pay should Bush be re-elected with 4 year's clear sailing ahead? When your base pay is only $1200 or $1400/month that $225.00 means alot. Bush was shamed temporarily from making this cut, but the December date for a pay decrease looms large in the minds of many soldiers. I did not write that ALL the soldiers were black or hispanic, just that many of them were. We talked to any number of white soldiers as well in the same series of apartment complexes.