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As predicted, sequester cuts will hit those most vulnerable. In this instance it’s the children of the men and women serving in our military. The cuts will impact schools serving those children living on or near military bases almost at once. I grew up in the military, and for us Army brats, the schools were excellent, and I appreciate the education I received from them in my early years.
I can only imagine my Father’s distress had he been serving a tour in Korea or Vietnam, only to find out that the government had closed down or curtailed his daughter’s schooling while he was on the other side of the world and helpless to do anything about it.
I imagine military members doing tours of duty outside the country today will feel no differently than my Dad would have – very worried and concerned.
FORT HOOD, Texas Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and around military bases.
The still-fragile economy braced itself for the gradual but potentially grave impact of the across-the-board cuts, which took effect Friday night at the stroke of President Obama's pen. Hours earlier, he and congressional leaders emerged from a White House meeting no closer to an agreement...
...School districts with military ties from coast-to-coast are bracing for increased class sizes and delayed building repairs. Others already have axed sports teams and even eliminated teaching positions, but still may have to tap savings just to make it through year's end.
But there's little hope for softening any future financial blows.
"Next year is scarier than this year," said Sharon Adams, chief financial officer for Muscogee County schools in Georgia. The district serves the U.S. Army's Fort Benning and could lose $300,000 in federal funding out of its $270 million in general funds before the end of the school — and more than four times that in 2013-2014.
You will observe all the "Support the troops," flag lapel wearing right-wingers with magnetic ribbons on their car bumpers all dismissing the chances that it will hurt military families. What wonderful human beings they are. Their relationship with soldiers and their families is not unlike their weird relationship with abortion. They claim to hate it, yet they have no interest in taking care of the fetuses when they are born. Their fetish with the military means they love to shed crocodile tears when the soldiers come home in body bags, but they have no interest in helping that homeless vet on the street nor the children of soldiers. You know, those people looking for handouts from industrious people like them.
As predicted, sequester cuts will hit those most vulnerable. In this instance it’s the children of the men and women serving in our military. The cuts will impact schools serving those children living on or near military bases almost at once. I grew up in the military, and for us Army brats, the schools were excellent, and I appreciate the education I received from them in my early years.
I can only imagine my Father’s distress had he been serving a tour in Korea or Vietnam, only to find out that the government had closed down or curtailed his daughter’s schooling while he was on the other side of the world and helpless to do anything about it.
I imagine military members doing tours of duty outside the country today will feel no differently than my Dad would have – very worried and concerned.
My first husband was career military. Unless I am mistaken, they give you a place to live or pay you an additional housing allowance on top of your regular salary. Checking the pay scales at the link below, it looks to me like an E-3 (PFC) with 1 or 2 years of service makes $1,787.40 - $1,899.90 per month. Couple this with a housing allowance of $500 - $800 depending on if there are dependents. Add to that combat pay, hazardous duty pay, overseas pay, etc, if a military family has a problem meeting their financial obligations, they need to take a good, hard look at their spending habits.
Oh, and most military bases have financial counselors available at no charge to help with this too *and* if they are close to a military base, they have access to the Post Exchange (PX) and the commissary, so they buy their food and other necessities as a considerably lower price (and without sales tax), than the rest of the world does.
Just because someone is in the military and is financially irresponsible does not mean they should get a pass.
What part of "We can't afford it" did they not teach you at your military-run school?
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