FACEBOOK INSANITY - Prez. Obama proposes 1.4 pay increase for military but WELFARE increase is

[Maru Kitteh]

higher?

President Obama has proposed a 1.4% pay increase for active duty military in 2011. This is THE LOWEST SINCE 1973! Nice to know that during a time of rampant inflation, while war is fought in 2 theatres, our men and women in uniform get A LOWER PAY INCREASE THAN WELFARE RECIPIENTS. Please repost if you support our troops



This woman just sent her ONLY CHILD - her son - my daughter's husband - off to the Army - ON TUESDAY.

[Egnever]

1. How come they get more than me!

[Zynx]

2. "Rampant inflation"? Where?

[crikkett]

10. My grocery store, for one thing.

Seriously.

[sandnsea]

3. This says 3.4%

http://www.navycs.com/2010-military-pay-chart.html

[Maru Kitteh]

13. well Holy Mother of Pearl. That asshole wench is outdated.

It goes perfectly with her early 70's decor.

[Bluebear]

4. 'during a time of rampant inflation' - what is this, 1974?

[barbtries]

6. i'd say that's how old the email is

if there was email back in the day.

[cynatnite]

5. Just wait...this will be heralded as a fact and snopes will be forced to debunk it. n/t

[OhioBlue]

9. yeah.. but then they will just say snopes is left wing conspiracy

That's where I've been lately with debunking right-wing e-mail crap. The rightwinger just says... the e-mail is 100% correct and your source is not neutral. I give up at that point. If they can't even look into a debunking by a site that sources and footnotes their facts.. as opposed to an anonymous, forwarded e-mail... I give up. They're brainwashed and there is no reasoning with them.

[eShirl]

7. Not much money left after paying defense contractors?

[nini]

8. info here

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/mar/11/chain-email/obama-pay-increase-military-based-formula/

"So, it's true that Obama has proposed a 1.4 percent pay increase for the military in 2011. By law, it's what he was required to propose."


BY LAW - he did what he had to under the law. Congress will increase it.

I don't even get into welfare crap with people - one day I'm going to completely off on someone over that.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. I'm getting pretty close to it myself. n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

11. I'm beyond words. Combine the worst traits of Mother Bates, Marie Barone and Evelyn Harper

and you have this woman's understudy.

[sfwriter]

12. This is the current model of wingnut attack...

Find something that everyone has done...Pretend that it is an affront...feign indignation...spew...ignore evidence to the contrary.

Obama recommended what the pentagon wanted based on a formula indexed to national wages, which sucked last year. Congress can give them a raise, but the Pentagon says it will have to cut healthcare and family support to do it. So there...

But wait, TANF, which is welfare (Aid to needy families) has had no increase since something like 1996.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. and there is the goat in the room.