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 $2.15 an hour.
Read those miniscule numbers again and then go to the next page for more.
I would think a man of your age would know that Congress controls the purse strings not the President.
But HE’S trying to get a raise for himself!
He is certainly at war with America…..
400 mil to Iran while they chant death to America but cut pay to our greatest national asset. Sad, corrupt and dangerous.
This guy is a jerk .
And he wants a raise when he leaves office. And 51% of America can’t see through this guy. America is screwed.
Bet he doesn’t cut his own
No Obama doesn’t care or help the Military or Seniors. He feels we need the money for Refugees & Illegals which are far more important to him.
When exactly was it ever desirable to join the military based on the pay? Which has always been set by Congress not the President.
Chuck Sanders I have know that for many years, Chuck! But I also know that we have a bunch of “chicken$#%&!@* members of Congress who forget why we elected them! Many are too “party-minded” to make decisions on their own! And, if you have noticed, our POTUS has found many “loopholes” in the law which allow him to control those purse strings!