Some members of the U.S. military,
especially those serving at some of the most expensive duty assignments, are
set to receive a cut in
monthly allowance designed to offset the high
costs of living. According to a report from Military.com, the Defense
Department will make a second round of cuts to troops' overseas
cost-of-living allowances (OCOLA) next month, with the final cut coming on Nov.
15 and affecting members' Dec. 1 paychecks.
It seems a bit odd-- unfair
even-- that those who are already sacrificing to protect their country are
being asked to take multiple cuts in pay by the very nation that they are
serving. All the more so since, despite Bidenflation, so many others are
getting freebies. Students are having their government loans forgiven, addicts
are receiving free crack pipes and other accoutrement…and illegal aliens are getting
cash and services thrown at them as if out of an industrial-strength Pez
dispenser run amok.
The
state of Illinois, for example, is providing up
to $9,000 in rental assistance over a
6-month period, including assistance with moving in and a starter kit to
furnish the apartment. The Prairie State is funding temporary housing for “migrants,”
including rented apartments and homes. Moreover, the city of Chicago has
allocated an additional $4 million to assist migrants in obtaining temporary
housing, to add to the $38 million contributed by the state.
Perhaps if our military members serving overseas who’ve had
their pay cut went AWOL and came across our southern border in the guise of
illegal immigrants, the Biden administration might fly them to the Land of
Lincoln and set them up in a nice abode, partially furnished.
Semper Fi?
I guess that only goes one way.
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