While shouting that the minimum wage for illegal aliens working at McDonalds should be $15. an hour, President Obama used a loophole in the US Code deter a pay raise to the military. The lower pay increase translates to a Pay Grade E-4 (Corporal, Petty Officer 3d Class, Specialist 4, Senior Airman) with less than three years in service will earn less than $3.00 an hour. Under the 2016 pay scale, a Pay Grade E-1 undergoing recruit training will be paid roughly $2.15 an hour.
Read those miniscule numbers again and then go to the next page for more.
But GIVE $150 BIL.To IRAN.
im sure the right president will take of our vets and military screw obama
I guess then all Presidents except a few legendary ones, all are evil! Then right! So you must also think Trump is evil!! If he becomes president,, i sure hope so,, cuz i think what he says about soo many countries and racism is much worst , i never heard Obamas rhetoric ever sound evil,, and you seem to always speak as if he were the most evil man, and yet many said He was the Anti-christ and the world would end in his presidency, and look,, he is almost gone, America aint doing that bad aside the fact he came in after Bush’s mess and destruction and crisis he created,, so I thinknits just the beginnings of pains for America if Trump takes the podium
Messed up, This is just ethically wrong.
all those that say no raise should have to live on the military pay for a year or more—-oh yeah,,he gives it to the muslin countries and his isis buddies he is a double deucebag
be glad when he’s gone. he should be thrown out of country when Trump takes over
Has to have that money for his raise I guess.
.Lil old.from the examiner
Over the last seven years since the start of the financial crisis during the Fall of 2008, wages have only been modestly increased. While the president can only do so much when it comes to wages in the private sector, he has more wiggle room when it comes to government positions, most notably the military.
The salary for members of the military fluctuates depending on rank and position, but the general consensus is that they are too often underpaid. As PayScale.com notes, the average salary for a United States Solider is $39,688 per year, plus additional funds for housing and food. According to USA Today on August 28, President Obama has ordered an “across the board” base pay increase for federal civilian workers and military members.
The increase will take place on January 1, and will include a one percent raise for civilian workers, and a 1.3 percent increase for members of the military. Earlier this year, House and Senate Democrats proposed an increase of 3.8 percent for all federal workers, but it failed to gain any traction in a a Republican controlled House. Congress was made aware of Obama’s decision after the president sent two letters to lawmakers explaining his decision. The 1.3 percent increase is the largest raise given to federal workers since 2010, as the economy has improved.
Following the president’s announcement, Republicans have yet to comment. Normally the party that champions support for the military, Republicans don’t appear to be in lock stop with congressional Democrats to put together a pay increase that
One more anti American act by anti American President
Bad for USA