We’ve been down this road before… Under Carter, under Clinton and under the dem controlled congress…
By Col. Mike Hayden USAF (Ret)
In this year’s defense budget, administration and Pentagon leaders requested a military pay raise of 1 percent. That’s 0.8 percent below private-sector pay growth, the second-lowest pay raise in 50 years, and a second consecutive year of pay caps.
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Uniformed leaders point out this is not a “pay cut,” as no servicemembers will see their pay decrease, essentially saying, “Hey, you’re still getting a pay raise, so what are you complaining about?”
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Throughout the late 1980s and ’90s, Congress repeatedly capped military pay below private-sector wage growth. These caps resulted in a 13.5-percent gap between military and civilian pay and a serious retention and recruiting crisis by the early 2000s.
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The grand total loss equals nearly $150,000 over the servicemember’s lifetime.
The bottom line: Pay caps add up. Sustaining pay is critical to maintaining a high-quality all-volunteer force.
Full article HERE at the MOAA site.
It DOES matter… NOW and in the future. One sure way to kill the military is to make it less attractive, e.g lower pay… I don’t hear any congresscritter wanting to make $15/hr the minimum for the military.
Do you???
