Comments on: No 3.5% Pay Raise For Troops? http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:07:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-335003 Justin Gardner Mon, 21 May 2007 16:45:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/#comment-335003 <blockquote>Shoudn’t your headline say, “No 0.5% Pay Raise for Troops?�</blockquote> Well, you'd have to have the word "additional" in there, yes? The issue here is that this is just a dumb political move for Bush. Especially since the Pentagon's budget has skyrocketed, we can't pay the troops any more? They're our most important asset, and we're not treating them as such. Remember...ALL volunteer. You have to make that more attractive, not less.

Shoudn’t your headline say, “No 0.5% Pay Raise for Troops?�

Well, you’d have to have the word “additional” in there, yes?

The issue here is that this is just a dumb political move for Bush. Especially since the Pentagon’s budget has skyrocketed, we can’t pay the troops any more? They’re our most important asset, and we’re not treating them as such. Remember…ALL volunteer. You have to make that more attractive, not less.

]]> By: Mike http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-334967 Mike Mon, 21 May 2007 15:52:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/#comment-334967 Err: The pay raise may not seem like alot, but it'as certainly not enaough. Err: The pay raise may not seem like alot, but it’as certainly not enaough.

]]> By: Mike http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-334965 Mike Mon, 21 May 2007 15:51:20 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/#comment-334965 Last year our pay raise was a whopping 2.2%. That's nothing compared to the 5-6% raises in the past (Ronald Regean Era... paying attention Bush?) Trust me, 3.5% may not seem like enough, but it's certainly not enough! Last year our pay raise was a whopping 2.2%. That’s nothing compared to the 5-6% raises in the past (Ronald Regean Era… paying attention Bush?) Trust me, 3.5% may not seem like enough, but it’s certainly not enough!

]]> By: Left Flank » What Becomes of the Pays-As-It-Goes War http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-333772 Left Flank » What Becomes of the Pays-As-It-Goes War Sat, 19 May 2007 13:27:19 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/#comment-333772 [...] The difference between a 3% and a 3.5% increase is spin-worthy, but at the end of the day, the whole bill is a Mexican standoff. The Bush administration has no leg to stand on, if now it tries to be fiscally conservative. Of course, there is one way to save money, but we can’t just pull out of Iraq. The war that would cause no pain should start to hurt fairly. digg_url='http://www.radicalcontrapositions.com/left_flank/2007/05/19/what-becomes-of-the-pays-as-it-goes-war/'; digg_skin = 'button'; digg_bgcolor = '#FFFFFF'; digg_title = 'What Becomes of the Pays-As-It-Goes War'; digg_bodytext = ''; digg_topic = ''; Powered by Gregarious (42) [...] [...] The difference between a 3% and a 3.5% increase is spin-worthy, but at the end of the day, the whole bill is a Mexican standoff. The Bush administration has no leg to stand on, if now it tries to be fiscally conservative. Of course, there is one way to save money, but we can’t just pull out of Iraq. The war that would cause no pain should start to hurt fairly. digg_url=’http://www.radicalcontrapositions.com/left_flank/2007/05/19/what-becomes-of-the-pays-as-it-goes-war/’; digg_skin = ‘button’; digg_bgcolor = ‘#FFFFFF’; digg_title = ‘What Becomes of the Pays-As-It-Goes War’; digg_bodytext = ”; digg_topic = ”; Powered by Gregarious (42) [...]

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-332040 Jimmy the Dhimmi Fri, 18 May 2007 18:02:43 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/#comment-332040 Shoudn't your headline say, "No 0.5% Pay Raise for Troops?" Shoudn’t your headline say, “No 0.5% Pay Raise for Troops?”

]]> By: The Gun Toting Liberalâ„¢ http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-331320 The Gun Toting Liberalâ„¢ Fri, 18 May 2007 03:56:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/17/no-35-pay-raise-for-troops/#comment-331320 [...] Other Bloggers Weigh In (Hand Picked From MemeOrandum’s Blogger Roundup): Crooks and Liars; Taylor Marsh; Daily Kos; Huffington Post; Think Progress; Donklephant; The Carpetbagger Report Technorati Tags:  Army Times, Bush, Current Events, Headline News, Headlines, House Armed Services Committee, Military, National Defense Authorization Act, News, News and Politics, Politics, Rants, Republicans, Support The Troops, VA, Veterans, Veterans Administration [...] [...] Other Bloggers Weigh In (Hand Picked From MemeOrandum’s Blogger Roundup): Crooks and Liars; Taylor Marsh; Daily Kos; Huffington Post; Think Progress; Donklephant; The Carpetbagger Report Technorati Tags:  Army Times, Bush, Current Events, Headline News, Headlines, House Armed Services Committee, Military, National Defense Authorization Act, News, News and Politics, Politics, Rants, Republicans, Support The Troops, VA, Veterans, Veterans Administration [...]

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