Lawmakers are furious after the Biden Administration refused to approve pay raises for enlisted troops.
The move comes as families across the country are feeling the pressure of skyrocketing inflation.
According to The Daily Caller:
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/12/despicable-lawmakers-lash-out-biden-admin-refusing-approve-pay-raise-enlisted-troops/
“This is offensive and wrong… Republicans and Democrats on our committee agreed this is unacceptable,” HASC Chair and Republican Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers said in a statement. “I believe wholeheartedly that the brave Americans who serve in our Armed Forces shouldn’t have to worry about making ends meet, unfortunately President Biden doesn’t feel the same.”
“Biden is in trouble politically, and he opposes traditional American values, including the core principles that were once embraced by the United States military,” Republican Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins told the DCNF. “We desperately need a change in our executive leadership.”
The proposed increase would cost roughly $24 billion over five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. A year-long committee study found that found quality of life in the military was dropping, especially among junior troops.
Young service members can barely afford to get by in the Biden economy.
To make matters worse, the Biden White House just issued a statement “STRONGLY OPPOSING” House Republicans’ pay increase for junior enlisted service members! Shameful!
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) June 11, 2024
Pay levels for junior troops has not kept pace with the civilian job market, to make matters worse in the last 40 years 8 of them have seen junior troops not receive a pay increase at all or a small increase.
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