Comments on: Soldiers still waiting for bonus promised before the election http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eaze http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492608 eaze Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:45:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492608 "Do they think no one would notice?" Obviously they aren't expecting these soldiers to live long enough to fight for their money. “Do they think no one would notice?”

Obviously they aren’t expecting these soldiers to live long enough to fight for their money.

]]> By: Alex Wollangk http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492483 Alex Wollangk Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:35:09 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492483 #4: "they just have a bunch of public school educated people working at DFAS. Also refered to as Obama supporters." DFAS was FUBAR long before Obama... I was in the Navy in the late 80's and early 90's and my pay was borked more often than it was right. #4: “they just have a bunch of public school educated people working at DFAS. Also refered to as Obama supporters.”

DFAS was FUBAR long before Obama… I was in the Navy in the late 80′s and early 90′s and my pay was borked more often than it was right.

]]> By: deadpixel http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492419 deadpixel Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:11:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492419 while you're in the army you get treated like shit...everyday. i dealt with 14 years of it so i know. you make next to nothing for pay, MANY of my friends who were also in had to be on welfare to support their families. there just wasn't enough housing to take care of them all. now this? FTA while you’re in the army you get treated like shit…everyday. i dealt with 14 years of it so i know.
you make next to nothing for pay, MANY of my friends who were also in had to be on welfare to support their families. there just wasn’t enough housing to take care of them all.

now this? FTA

]]> By: Li http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492407 Li Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:50:20 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492407 Obama is in charge? Strange, I though our new President was named Goldman Sax. Not sure where I got that impression. Obama is in charge?

Strange, I though our new President was named Goldman Sax.

Not sure where I got that impression.

]]> By: jbenson2 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492325 jbenson2 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:58:20 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492325 With Obama in charge, the military can kiss any bonus money goodbye. With Obama in charge, the military can kiss any bonus money goodbye.

]]> By: deowll http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492290 deowll Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:57:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492290 I say put the man in charge, the person who bears ultimate responsibility, the commander in chief, in the stockaid until these people get their money. Uh, wait that is Obama. I say put the man in charge, the person who bears ultimate responsibility, the commander in chief, in the stockaid until these people get their money.

Uh, wait that is Obama.

]]> By: chuck http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492205 chuck Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:40:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492205 "after the Pentagon submitted a plan outlining how the payments would be made." How about this for a plan: send another palette of $1 billion in cash to Iraq, and let the soldiers divide it up among themselves. “after the Pentagon submitted a plan outlining how the payments would be made.”

How about this for a plan: send another palette of $1 billion in cash to Iraq, and let the soldiers divide it up among themselves.

]]> By: dusanmal http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492193 dusanmal Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:02:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492193 Anyone seeing parallel with the WWI veterans, their promised bonus-equivalent and their protests during the Depression era? Will there be a Veteran march to the Capitol? Anyone seeing parallel with the WWI veterans, their promised bonus-equivalent and their protests during the Depression era? Will there be a Veteran march to the Capitol?

]]> By: sargasso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492187 sargasso Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:44:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492187 Try this in other armies, and they sell their weapons, food and ammunition to the enemy combatants. Try this in other armies, and they sell their weapons, food and ammunition to the enemy combatants.

]]> By: . http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492185 . Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:42:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492185 It's called a bureaucracy. It took the military 6 months to get me the bonus that was in my contract. They aren't trying to not pay them, they just have a bunch of public school educated people working at DFAS. Also refered to as Obama supporters. It’s called a bureaucracy. It took the military 6 months to get me the bonus that was in my contract. They aren’t trying to not pay them, they just have a bunch of public school educated people working at DFAS. Also refered to as Obama supporters.

]]> By: amodedoma http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492171 amodedoma Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:08:20 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492171 10% of the troops over there have done more than their share, if laws are passed to compensate them they should be carried out. I'm sure the pentagon isn't very happy with this congressional interference. Once you sign your military contract you gonna do what they want, when they want, and for as long as they want. They don't need to pay bonuses. 10% of the troops over there have done more than their share, if laws are passed to compensate them they should be carried out. I’m sure the pentagon isn’t very happy with this congressional interference. Once you sign your military contract you gonna do what they want, when they want, and for as long as they want. They don’t need to pay bonuses.

]]> By: Named http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492167 Named Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:53:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492167 "Do they think no one would notice?" I think they realize that they can't get back without help anyway, so why rush the payment! “Do they think no one would notice?”

I think they realize that they can’t get back without help anyway, so why rush the payment!

]]> By: god http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/02/23/soldiers-still-waiting-for-bonus-promised-before-the-election/comment-page-1/#comment-1492164 god Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:47:42 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=41244#comment-1492164 McCain supporters in the Pentagon are still sulking. McCain supporters in the Pentagon are still sulking.

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