Military retirees are getting “screwed” by a budget deal expected to pass the Senate on Wednesday, said Sen. Lindsey Graham.
“Is the choice between keeping the government open and screwing all the military retirees? Is that that right choice?” said Graham, Republican from South Carolina.
At a news conference on Tuesday to oppose the budget deal, Graham asked: “Of all the people we could have picked on to screw, how could we have arrived here?”
Military retirees stand to lose a full percentage point from their cost-of-living raises when they retire after a minimum of 20 years of service. The House passed the budget plan last week, and the Senate is expected to vote Wednesday.
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Is it me or is the government trying to provoke certain groups?
David DeGerolamo
Let them provoke us more. I’m all for it.
I am so tired of getting screwed by the goverment that I proudly served and protected for over thirty years. This is disgusting, They already took away our dental and now we have to pay co payments and have caps on the medical etc. We lived up to our end of the bargin and the government screwed us! Take the money from the welfare recipents and illegal immigrants. This truly is an act of betrayal.