Budget deal

[GunnyGene]

House and Senate negotiators have reached a deal on the budget. Not so good for military, including retiree's under 62. Still have to have a vote on the deal.

Among those policies: $20 billion in reduced contributions to federal pensions, split evenly between new civilian workers and military retirees. For those in the military, the reduction would take the form of lower cost-of-living increases for retirees under age 62, many of whom take other jobs while collecting their military pensions.

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... ingtonpost

 

[John A.]

It's like they go out of their way to try to weaken our military every way imaginable.

 

[aksavanaman]

"Lets come up with something quick so we can go home and have ham dinners"

Absolute incompetence on both sides of the house this year, and certainly not "representative of the people"... at least not representative of my values and concerns.