Proposal to supplement reservists' pay is dropped from budget (House)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=28863

The proposed supplemental budget will allot more money for armoring Humvees but won’t make up for reservists’ lost pay.

Last month Senate officials inserted a provision in their supplemental proposal to require that any federal employees in the Guard or Reserve who are called to active duty receive their full paycheck. The conference committee dropped that idea from the bill before passing their budget proposal Tuesday night.

Jeff Scofield, spokesman for the House Appropriations Committee, said the compromise bill does include $160 million more in funding for up-armoring Humvees than the president’s original request of $529 million.

House members had originally proposed adding $185 million, while Senate members approved an extra $213 million for the armor projects.

[Maat]

1. These guys represent the heighth of mindbleeping.

They send people to war, to secure their oil reserves, and then they don't want to take care of them.

Have they no shame - not one ounce?

[phantom power]

2. If there is any justice,

The GOP will lose the entire military vote, for the forseable future. Every last vote.

[atreides1]

3. There isn't that much Justice in the Universe

Don't count on it, people in the military can be just as stupid as civilians, and will vote against their own interests as well.

I know this personally, there are several people in my wife's unit who are staunch Bush supporters, and God could tell them that Bush is a the most vilest scum on the face of the earth, and they would still support Bush over listening to God!!!!!

[phantom power]

4. No doubt. But I gotta believe there will be SOME backlash.

They can't ALL be blinded by that cult-of-personality thing.

[catnhatnh]

5. Yeah, but on the bright side....

...thousands of them will be eligible for the army's just announced Combat Action Badge...do they expect EVERYTHING???

[gratuitous]

6. You get called up for the money they're willing to pay you

Not the money you're supposed to get.

"Support the troops" my sweet Aunt Fanny.

[Zodiak]

7. ...

The very fact that this sort of thing has happened MULTIPLE times during *'s Administration (not taking care of the troops) and there have been zero political consequences is testament to how far into fascism we have gone.

Any soldier that votes for * and has his benefits cut or discontinued deserves the misery he/she signed up for. For the rest...my heart goes out to them, but they aren't alone. We will ALL have our quality of life reduced by * ... the problem is less than half of us deserve it.

[LynnTheDem]

8. there they go "SUPPORTING THE TROOPS" again. PLEASE! DON'T!

With REPUBLICAN "SUPPORT" our troops don't need FOREIGN enemies!