Breitbart: A bipartisan wrecking ball encompassing both of California’s U.S. Senators and the state’s entire Congressional delegation is crying foul over the Pentagon’s effort to rescind tens of millions of dollars in National Guard enlistment bonuses.
Breitbart News reported that about 10,000 California Army National Guard members have been ordered to return Recruiting Assistance Program (RAP) bonus payments of $15,000 or more, which soldiers received from corrupt military recruiters, as all-volunteer inducements to serve at the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The Pentagon is demanding many California National Guard soldiers repay re-enlistment bonuses, plus charging years of interest charges. According to CNN, some soldiers are being billed $1,300 for restitution payments. As a bitter sign of military collector aggressiveness, soldiers are being hit with federal wage garnishments and tax liens.
But following the Breitbart headline on October 23rd that went viral and generated over 600 comments, Representative John Garamendi [D-Walnut Grove] summed up Congressional bipartisan anger: “I guess it’s always the private that gets beat up.” MORE
After wasting $billions upon $billions in fraud and corruption through the “green” energy scams (Solyndra, Ener1, wind farm scams, solar array scams), with absolutely NO effort to recoup from those thefts, this entire affair stinks of something more malevolent than just trying to get the money back.
izlamo delenda est …
These soldiers stepped up when the nation needed them the most. If the damn gummit needs the money so bad, why not cancel one of missus Kenyan Commie’s vacations? Or why not keep the $700,000,000 the Kenyan Commie just put into rebuilding mosques all over the middle east? Or how bout retrieving the $300,000,000 the Kenyan commies dropped in recent trip to Africa? Or why not lay off Missus Kenyan commies huge and unnecessary staff?
Anything that can be done to further demoralize real Americans will be done. TRAITOROUS BASTARDS!!
It’s bad enough that the US military has been relegated to a for-hire mercenary force for scumbag Arab oil sheiks, but now the brash is a bunch of fucking welshers too? When’s the last time those assholes demanded a claw back from a defense contractor who overcharged intentionally? They gotta shit on the enlisted men ten years after the fact. Man, any young person ever asks me if they should join the military now, the answer would be “Fuck No!”. They’ll just use you and screw you. Meanwhile, some ghetto scumbag piece of shit or illegal alien will get first consideration all the time from Big Mammy Gubmint.
One thing never, ever changes. The tip of the spear is where the shaft is inserted.
it could easily be covered with the recovered 6 billion hilary lost in the state department, right?
oh they never found that money?
this is pysops by the government to suppress the military enlistment.
they go after this chicken feed amount earned by these soldiers who put their lives on the line for the politicians world globalist schemes but let that hag scoot on 6 billion.
who would trust the government anymore?
Sec Def Ash Carter has put the bonus clawback “on hold” but hasn’t ruled out the Dept of Defense wouldnt proceed with this despicable scheme at a later date.
Abolishing govt is looking better all the time, isn’t it?
Get the tax money back from ACORN, Solyndra, Ener1, and the Clinton Foundation, the dude in Ohio who got the $millions to make “green” windows (and promptly went bankrupt), the Carnahans, Revrum Al, Operation PUSH, Planned Parenthood, Paul Ryan’s new mansion, Nancy Pelosi’s 400% increase in gross worth since becoming Speaker – and pay it off with that.
Or maybe take the money from one of Moose Obola’s vacations …
izlamo delenda est …
If they don’t forgive the debt, (self-)important people in the California State government will be facing criminal charges and civil suits for fraud, theft by deception, breach of contract, etc..
“Put on hold for now…” If Trump wins these soldiers get to keep their money and the govt. harassment will stop. If killery wins, it’s full speed ahead with the demoralization of our military.
If it’s corrupt recruiters that are the problem, get the money out of them.