I've seen the following on people's FB page lately...
Dear Mr. President I hear you would like to freeze pay rates for military starting next year. Would you also consider cutting your own pay to save much more money for our country? While you're at it, lets cut down congressman's pay too. If the people who risk their lives don't get an increase in pay, why would we continue raising pay for those who take no risks and reap the benefits? Keep it going if you agree.
Of course, in my opinion, this is just another thing getting attached directly to the President as if it's his wish that this happen. If it sounds negative, let's blame him. This really needs to stop. This is a DRAFT of an idea of the commission that he put together to determine how we MIGHT cut the deficit. This isn't the President's idea. But if you look at people's FB, it's yet another thing he is getting wrong.
The commission will put out their final report, it will need to get by congress before he could even sign off on it. That would be unlikely in our current environment. And... this pay cut is not across the board in military people either. No one risking their lives in combat would fall under this freeze, for instance. So people, let's just relax and start attributing ideas where they really should be. How about instead of just reposting things that are seen on other's walls, you actually research them first. You could start by reading this. And maybe, we could all remember how things get past in our government. The President doesn't just think of these things and they become law. It doesn't work that way.
To be clear, I'm not stating at all that I'm for pay cuts for those defending our country. I'm not in favor of anything that takes our strength away from those folks for something real not made up by politicians to sound bad. In fact, DADT if not repealed, will continue to weaken us as well as we stand to loose tens of thousands of good folks that are willing to serve and defend our country, simply because they have a different life style than someone deems fit for military service. That's a shame. However, I am advocating that people really think before they post and attribute things to a specific individual (The President) just because it furthers their negative campaign against him. If all that BS stops, we might start getting something done for a change.
