Posted on Nov 1, 2014
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It's all legal, and if this is something about the nations budget crisis, you would think a US senator would find something else to try and argue....We fight for this country, and of all the dangerous professions, look at the pay! its not that great, why try and question the system?

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SFC Boots Attaway
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The Army takes my VA disability OUT of my retirement pay and I do not get SSD. So how am I double dipping? That Senator needs to look at his FAT paycheck before pointing fingers. Try supporting 5 on my retirement Senator.
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TSgt Flight Chief
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What a horrible thing to question... Most senators make $174k a year and serving one term nets them full retirement and they are worried about if I can triple dip lol. What a load of crap, if the senator would focus his attention on Wall St which cost the American people a cool $700 Billion dollars a few years ago also the too big to fail banks and updating the tax codes to properly close the loop holes that allow those who make the most of us (corporations) get away with paying less. Also how about he question all the needless defense contracts that go to Halliburton, how about he question why each year welfare keeps going up?? Honestly how about he just be quiet, leave the military and our retirement alone and worry about the other 99%.
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SGT Scott Curtice
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first order of business, and I know it will never happen, all Congressional representatives pay and benefits, including retirement needs to be in line with U S Military personnel.

As for tripping dipping, I don't understand the issue, so you aren't allowed to have social security, disability, and military retirement pay at the same time? As low as a ll three are, and since we all, that work, pay into social security, and anyone that has military retirement and/or medical disability has earned that, so we don't get we earn?

I'll say it again, GOP is not about helping military personnel/veterans, they are about the military industrial complex, not that DEMs are much better. We need politicians that focus on military personnel and veterans, not just weapons systems for civilian contracts
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PO1 Ron Clark
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Let this Senator swap pay, benefits, job and location with any Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Airman, Coast Guard or National Guard for that matter stationed in a combat theatre for a twenty career and then come back and talk about how double dipping is a problem for him!
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TSgt Eddie Andujar
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Senator stop looking at how much disable military people are making and make sure that corporations/ companies like, Amazon, Microsoft, Disney, Universal, Apple and all the rest pay their taxes like we do. Stop giving corporations that make billions of dollars tax breaks.
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