RE: ain't gonna pay for war no more

["Saundra Lund" <sslund@moscow.com>]

Title: Message

Mr. Kaag wrote:

"Additionally, it is verging on criminal that military pay is so low that enlisted personnel with families can qualify for food stamps and reduced cost school lunches, and that the majority of our military families are living in substandard military housing."

 

I absolutely positively agree with this statement, and thanks for bringing it up . . . it is *shameful*, IMHO.  And, while I've not had first-hand experience, I've also heard that medical care is sometimes substandard as well . . .

 

For those who aren't aware of these facts, please take the time to do some research, or talk to some enlisted folks.

 

While I will undoubtedly object to much of what our defense dollars are spent on, I sadly don't think there will come a time in my life when I'll think we've spent adequately on our enlisted personnel and their families.  I hope I'm wrong . . .

 

There may be a lot we don't agree on (I still think your response was harsh, and I don't necessarily agree with all of your assessment in your response), but we *do* agree on how terrible pay & and living standards can be/are for our enlisted personnel and their families . . . and I do sincerely appreciate the dialogue.

 

Saundra


The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
Edmund Burke