{"id":21226,"date":"2013-12-15T06:54:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T11:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21226"},"modified":"2013-12-15T06:56:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T11:56:27","slug":"the-personal-impact-of-the-budget-deal-one-persons-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=21226","title":{"rendered":"The Personal Impact Of The Budget Deal–One Person’s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somehow because of the size of our government and the amount of money<\/a> taken from taxpayers to run it, we sometimes forget what some of the spending represents. Every now and then it’s a good idea to look at a story that illustrates where the money goes and why. Here is a story that explains one aspect of government spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stacy Huisman posted an article at Militaryspouse.com<\/a> recently. The article explains how the recent budget deal will impact her husband’s retirement<\/a> pay and her family<\/a>. The money cut from his retirement pay was the money they had planned to use to pay for their children’s’ college education. Please follow the link above to read the entire article. It illustrates beautifully the price our military families pay when one of their family members serves in the military.<\/p>\n

There are a few aspects to the cut to retirement pay. First of all, that retirement pay was promised to our military<\/a> when they signed up–they earned it. It was assumed that the cost of living<\/a> increases in that pay were included in that promise. There is also the aspect of the price military families pay for having a family member in the military for twenty or more years. One on my own granddaughters is in fifth grade. She started attending her third elementary school<\/a> in six years in September. Another granddaughter is in third grade. She is attending her second elementary school in three years. That is a high price to pay. She is living near her grandparents (my husband and I) because we chose to move to be close to her family–not because her family had a choice as to where they would live.<\/p>\n

The thing that really bothers me about the budget deal is that military retirement was cut, but civil service retirement was not cut. Public sector workers make more than private sector<\/a> workers to begin with. The public sector<\/a> workers are now required to contribute a small amount to their pensions–something private sector workers have been doing for years, but they are still better compensated than the private sector.<\/p>\n

The chart below is taken from a 2010 post by the Congressional Budget Office<\/a>. As you can see, unless you have an advanced degree, it pays to work for the government.<\/p>\n

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The budget did not need to be cut at the expense of our military–there was enough pork in the public sector to avoid breaking a promise to those military families who serve our country.<\/p>\n

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