[Homestead] More cuts to the soldiers pay
Rob
becida at comcast.net
Tue Sep 5 22:35:26 EDT 2006
It used to be that when you were in government quarters you had a
place to live, a place for your family to stay while you were
deployed (think Afghanistan & Iraq).
I lived in quarters & "on the economy" during my 21 years, depending
on where I was stationed having housing that didn't come out of my
(never big enough) pay check was important. When you live in
government quarters you loose your "Basic Allowance for Quarters"
(BAQ). You can look up BAQ figures, they are standard according to pay grade.
This is another quiet cut of military pay.
I wonder how much the military is saving and how much the private
developers are making?
IMO it's another way for big business to get some more money into
their pockets, this time they get it from the soldiers.
Rob
becida at comcast.net
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/0,12914,111703,00.html?ESRC=miltrep.nl
Some families living in privatized housing on Army installations
became responsible for their utility consumption starting Sept. 1.
Residential Communities Initiatives (RCI) began billing for
electricity at five installations where a yearlong mock billing
program was recently completed. Residents should see their first bill
on or around Oct. 1, 2006. Eventually all military branches will
require residents living in privatized housing to be responsible for
their energy use. Under the RCI program, more than 72,000 family
housing units at 33 Army installations have been turned over to
private developers.
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