Obama wants wounded vets to get their own insurance to cover their treatment so he can raise $540 million.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090316/pl_usnw/the_american_legion_strongly_opposed_to_president_s_plan_to_charge_wounded_heroes_for_treatment- Proposed mandatory enrollment in federal TSP for 3% of income of all service members, no matching funds like they do for civilians (white house), to underwrite an anti-smoking campaign.
- Reenlistment Bonuses were dropped last Tuesday - no more $ in spending package.
- Recruiting was already down, retention was already down.
- DOD told to kill 12 major programs to save $. So far a Carrier Group/Wing are on the chopping block. Will affect over 10,000 families on that program alone. Other programs include all the support programs developed to assist wounded warriors, families, PTSD, TBI, etc.
- Promises for more dwell in between deployments will not be supportable under new "strategies." My last unit has been 7mo. out, 7 mo. back for 4 combat tours to OEF/OIF, and 3 of the 7 back are off island for workup training so no family time.
- Early withdrawal from Iraq = another war we're not allowed to win.
- Imposed limitations in Afghanistan = yet another war we're not allowed to win.
Despite what the liberals say, most of us are educated, do read and pay attention to the news, and recognize the direction things are going.