Now I am also working towards my bachelors for free but all my friends who did college first are NOT making or living anywhere near my standard. I think the military pays rather well, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW I’M ONLY A SOLDIER.

SGT T
25th Infantry Division

The 2005 Poverty Threshold for a family of 3 is $16, 090.

The average service man or woman is paid $15,600.

Inflation last year was 3.24%.

Bush wants to limit our service men and women to a 3% raise.

However, Bush is extending their tours of duty by 25%.

But, hey, they volunteered, right?

what are you 12? you are not funny – and your defense
of a greedy republican hard headed prez is weak to be
charitable.

a-hole.

Comment by Joel — May 18, 2007 @ 3:10 pm

You know that is what Monica said when my c@k hit her throat. yacks!! right?

That goes both ways, Mr P.

Comment by Zooey — May 18, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

you know, that is what Monica told me in the Oval Office. Shit the second she said that, I stained her dress!!! wow! don’t remind me!

as for serving in the military, c’mon Zooey, it doesn’t go both ways.

Liberals defended me and praised me when the american people found out that I had not served in Vietnam. That in fact, because I was terrified of being shot, I left my country and walked in marches accross Europe to protest the United States.

Kerry in 1992 said on the Senate floor that a person’s military record or lack there of should not come into account when running for the Presidency. Man he was good, he defended me so well.

Strange though, after the propaganda was leaked out that Bush supposedly went AWOL, all the Liberals that had defended me went nuts after Bush. Go figure.

I mean I didn’t serve and I sent troops to die in the battlefield, why didn’t anyone ask me to send my daughter to go to war? why didn’t anyone say to me that since I had been a coward and not served in Vietnam, I had no right to sent troops into harms way.

I don’t know, I think it is my looks and my great skills at lying, but maybe one of you can tell me if I am wrong.

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E1 to E5, good research all. Still, I get paid more for that and I’m neither a college graduate nor am I putting my life on the line. 3.5% pay increase still sounds like a good idea and vetoing the ENTIRE bill over 0.5% makes NO sense! There’s GOT to be something more to this. Is he just disagreeing for disagreement’s sake? NOBODY can say with a straight face that Pres. Bush is trying to be “fiscally responsible” after these past 6 years! There’s NO WAY it’s a fiscal issue!

You’re annoying and unfunny. Please just drop the shtick so people can actually have a conversation. If you have certain views dont hide behind the guise of humor to avoid actual back and forth discussion.

Two, with very specific language the White House opposed certain portions of the bill. Its not that they simply said they disagree with the bill entirely, its the specific disagreements that they expressed that have people angry.

Nice try though.

1st raise- whenyou graduate basic (8 weeks after joining)

E-2 promotion (if no discipline issues, ect) 6 months Time in Service (TIS)

E-3 promotion 16 Months TIS

E-4 promotion 36 Months TIS (Unless you get early rate, then it’s 30 months TIS)

E-5 – E-7 we have to test for it, and it’s up to the individual, how their evals have been, how the do on their promotion tests, fitness tests, ect. We are the slowest promoting service (typically). If you want, I can link the entire pay chart for you.

Oh yeah, all our pay isn’t tax free, unless we are in a combat zone. Being stateside, my base pay and bonuses (if I got one, I don’t) would all be taxable. My BAS (basic allowance for substinance), and BAH (basic allowance for housing) are not taxed. I also pay taxes, social security, and medicare just like everyone else.

Hope this helps…

That goes both ways, Mr P.

Also, the guy is standing in the way of an increase in death benefits. Seriously, death benefits.

Comment by viewtifulj — May 18, 2007 @ 2:15 pm

You know when I was President, Congress did this all the time. They would put all this earmarks on bills that on paper sounded good for someone, but when you looked at the details of the bill y ou would realize that yes you may do some good to some people, the earmarks and amendments to the bill were bad.

I know for a fact that Congress and my left wing pundit friends are being dishonest about this.

although I am glad that the left learned from me and are able to lie with such great ease.

Also, the guy is standing in the way of an increase in death benefits. Seriously, death benefits.

Hmmmmmmm……..

Comment by DM — May 18, 2007 @ 1:49 pm

Hello, wow, I did a better job than I thought! you liberals are great at lying.

Once a National Guard becomes active he receives a pay hike.

National Guards that are just “weekend” warriors and not in the front lines get basic pay because they are receiving a regular pay from a civilian job.

Not fair that National Guards would get two paychecks that equal to a higher pay than those that are active, right?

But good my friend, I can relate to you, you lie as well as I did back in the 1990s.

Comment by Max — May 18, 2007 @ 1:46 pm

Well with my wife, companion, thing or whatever the hell she means to me getting all the media attention, well…..I am really stressed out.

I miss the days when the cameras were on me and everything was about me.

I mean geez, I received 43% of the popular vote in 1992 and then 48% of the popular vote in 1996, knowing that President Bush got more popular votes than I did really, really, really hit my ego. :(

and now my wife gets all this attention! It is JUST NOT FAIR