America's troops and their families served with honor and made personal and financial sacrifices on our behalf. Cheating them out of benefits they were promised and have earned is simply wrong. The proposed budget deal will cost new retirees more than $100,000 each. Tell Congress this is not acceptable!
Why is this important?
Younger military retirees, including me, are about to get robbed by Congress (story at http://bit.ly/1cETdlU). Like our fellow Americans, we are trying to support our families in a tough economy. It's not fair to change the rules after we've served a full career, have been deployed to combat zones multiple times, uprooted our families every few years, and made other sacrifices for the benefit of our nation. Our representatives in Congress are keeping their retirement benefits; tell them to let our vets keep theirs, too!
