Biden rejects military pay raises

Great post. So the military not only defends us, but they do so at a dramatically reduced pay rate. Then to make matters worst, their tax $$ are paying for the overpriced education of a group of unthankful and over-privileged kids. It's disgusting on so many levels. But that's how the left thinks. Screw the military, screw the working class.

Biden's handlers made a cost-benefit analysis.

They figure they can buy more votes from politicized students than they can from down-to-earth military people.

Just to provide a little context, for which I probably will be roasted.

1. This is for "junior service" personnel for whom housing, all meals, total health care -- the biggest budget item for many these days -- already is part of the compensation package, and for whom discounted merchandize is available at PX's and BX's. Pay is not the only compensation they are receiving. It is a totally volunteer military these days. They chose it for a wide variety of reasons, but frequently as a free education/training in skills that they can transfer to the business world for high paying jobs.

2. Student loan programs were voluntary as well. What is different, imho, is the fact that many were drawn into the student loan programs through fraudulent promises by mostly for-profit educational and training institutions; the loans came from the same scamming financial institutions that brought you the great housing collapse of a few years ago, and when the recipients could begin paying off the loans those banks leaned on the Federal Dept. of Education which had guaranteed the loans, the Department of Education spun the debt off to cut throat debt recovery institutions with exorbitant interest fees and low payment schedules that amount to life-time servitude. The most fraudulent of these programs have already been prosecuted and closed across the country. Efforts to provide some level of loan forgiveness to the rest of those most maligned is, in part, in recognition that the Federal Government including Congress were integral in creating this failed system.

Do service personnel service deserve some level of pay increase? Probably, imho, having been there as a junior serviceman, and NOT by choice.. The issue appears to be what is a realistic level that can be afforded.

Is some level of student loan forgiveness warranted? Yes, imho, having had to fight for a "mentally challenged" ward who should never have been recruited into a bogus training program by a now closed predatory for-profit training program with promises of guaranteed employment that was never going to happen.

Comparing the two situations is an apple and oranges argument.

they trying to buy votes from the younger generations. Seems they would rather help out most others including illegal immigrants over helping out those who fight for the country. Its messed up and really doesnt give much motivation to enlist i would imagine

Let's see how this could be translated into English.

There are two bills under consideration.

The House is proposing a 19.5% raise for junior enlisted personnel.

The Senate is proposing a 5.5% raise for junior enlisted personnel.

The White House Budget Office, which is responsible for doing a sanity check, which is what they're supposed to do, indicated that the 19.5% raise, will blow the budget, so it this needs to be done, the budget needs to be raised.

So, someone saw "White House" in a sentence, and translate it into Biden rejects military pay raises, but if someone goes to the URL that accompanied the post that started the thread, they will realize that the claim Biden rejects military pay raises is not the proper English translation of that article.

Remember, BinBiden has a responsibility to pay his blackmail hush money to Zalinsky.