Military: Wounded Asked To Return Signing Bonuses

[Wetzelbill]

Military: Wounded Asked To Return Signing Bonuses

PITTSBURGH - The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments.
To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases. Now men and women who have lost arms, legs, eyesight, hearing and can no longer serve are being ordered to pay some of that money back.
http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/11/military-wounded-asked-to-return.html

[Christian30]

1. What a disgrace

Really now. This makes me sick.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. Just when you think we've hit bottom in terms of scandal and shame...

The Junta does something like this to show that we ain't seen nuthin yet. :cry:

"Disgrace" does not even begin to describe it.

[tjwash]

3. I wonder what the military's rational was.

It's probably something along the line of "they signed a contract, and didn't read the fine print" used car salesman type BS.

[flobee1]

4. Send the military a bill

for bodyparts donated to the war effort

Mabey if you bill them, they will understand, since it seems money is all they care about.

[Wetzelbill]

5. kick