Military retirees to pay higher health premiums

[Hilfiger1975]

@the onedrew - i am in the service and i am happy to have some extra benefits for doing the job that a lot of americans either do not want to do it or are too scared to do it. I really don;t care since i do this because i want to and i like it.. If you look at our pay table we do not make a lot of money. So even thought i get free health care i still have to manage. I can't spend a lot of money on cards, cars, hobbies. Family and bills comes first. You need to be grateful that you can sit and relax in your house without the worry of going to war because people like me will take care of that. Also, you said that we need to be here with our families. You are right on that one but when i decided to join nobody told me that i was going to spend my 20+ years career in the states. We know what we were signing for because people like you do not want to serve your country. It just makes me sick when people start taking shots at the military when there are other stuff they need to be worried about.

amen!

[AUTaxMan]

@The OneDrew - I am in the service and I am happy to have some extra benefits for doing the job that a lot of Americans either do not want to do it or are too scared to do it. I really don;t care since I do this because I want to and I like it.. If you look at our pay table we do not make a lot of money. So even thought I get free health care I still have to manage. I can't spend a lot of money on cards, cars, hobbies. Family and bills comes first. You need to be grateful that you can sit and relax in your house without the worry of going to war because people like me will take care of that. Also, you said that we need to be here with our families. You are right on that one but when I decided to join nobody told me that I was going to spend my 20+ years career in the States. We know what we were signing for because people like you do not want to serve your country. It just makes me sick when people start taking shots at the military when there are other stuff they need to be worried about.

Thank you for your service. Sorry that you have to put up with unappreciative libs like theonedru.

[Hilfiger1975]

Thank you for your service.

I agree, thank you for your service Angel...

[theonedru]

Maybe because they put their life on the line for this country and all of us? I'd pay a portion of their healthcare as a thank you personally.....They are probably the only people that one could claim deserve the right to healthcare. If you want free healthcare, join the service. Could be a plan.

when was the last time a US actually went to war to defend America? Let me tell you WWII. The soldiers fighting overseas are not doing it for our protection so do not feed me that fodder. There are many great normal everyday people here in America that give alot of themselves to hep make this a better place and what they do is as if not more important then whats expected of someone in the military. If you want to pay their biased health care then you can pay my portion to them as well And i will donate my portion to people in need.

[theonedru]

Thank you for your service. Sorry that you have to put up with unappreciative libs like theonedru.

Where did I say I was unappreciative, please point that out, if not quit it with the shallow insults. Read the rules before posting here.

[theonedru]

The main point here is the fact they get huge discounts where as people who are just as deserving are punished with huge premiums and that is not proper

[AUTaxMan]

Where did I say I was unappreciative, please point that out, if not quit it with the shallow insults. Read the rules before posting here.

"They provide nothing for me doing what they do overseas."

[AUTaxMan]

The main point here is the fact they get huge discounts where as people who are just as deserving are punished with huge premiums and that is not proper

Who is just as deserving? What have they done to deserve it? I will admit that I am not.

[theonedru]

"They provide nothing for me doing what they do overseas."

they re not protecting the American peoples interested overseas in the middle east or Afghanistan. Thats been proven way too many times, if you believe otherwise then you are able to tell me how they are doing it. Please would love to hear it how them being over there is helping poor little old someone in say middle America?

[theonedru]

Who is just as deserving? What have they done to deserve it? I will admit that I am not.

Thre are many normal everyday Americans who give much of themselves to better their community and country through various means an their actions directly improve things. You cannot argue that people like that are not deserving of the same respect.