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  • From: NVW55V <r_s_banks AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] More cuts to the soldiers pay
  • Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:54:04 -0700 (PDT)

Yes, of course. You must be right.

--- Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> I'm sorry but you would be misinformed. I saw his
> equivalent of a pay stub,
> and they take out for meals, period. Eaten or not
> the amount is taken out
> each month!
>
> Nothing backward thinking about seeing the evidence
> of what is being done.
> I've also asked active duty personnel and they
> verified what I SAW on his
> statements is what happens.
>
> And, no one expected it to be mom's house. However,
> one would think that if
> they are capable of paying Halliburton BILLIONS to
> feed folks in places like
> Iraq then they could afford to pay a descent sum to
> provide a descent meal
> to the people you and others expect to save their
> butts.
>
> For the record, try talking about the facts and not
> how you think other
> people are thinking. In other words, remember how
> assume is spelled!
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "NVW55V" <r_s_banks AT yahoo.com>
> >
> > Through personal experience over the past 30
> years, I
> > am very familiar with the military and the way
> they do
> > things.
> >
> > The concept of the military services "charging"
> > military personnel for meals, "whether consumed or
> > not", is incorrect and is an example of backwards
> > thinking.
> >
> > Consider:
> >
> > If a person lives on a base, then meals are
> provided
> > free of charge. No one is being forced to go eat
> in
> > the dining facility, but they always have the
> option
> > to do so during specified times. In this case,
> then
> > BAS is not payable, because meals are provided.
> If
> > someone decides they don't LIKE the food, then
> that's
> > their problem. The military isn't a five star
> hotel
> > or your mom's house, and no one should think that
> it
> > is.
> >
> > If a person lives off base (for the convenience of
> the
> > Government, not the military member) or in married
> > housing on base, then BAS is payable, because it's
> > unreasonable to expect these people to eat in the
> > dining facility.
> >
> > You seem to think that getting paid BAS is a right
> and
> > an entitlement no matter what. This is wrong.
> The
> > correct way to look at this is: "The military
> will
> > feed you. If they can't feed you, then they'll
> pay
> > you extra."
> >
> >
> >
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