obama demands vote on health care..

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Nascar1966

Nice bit of info. Historically the military and retirees get better pay raises when a Republican is in office. This is another reason why I will only vote Republican from now on in any election.

According to who/what? Facts, my friend, not conjecture.

In truth, Clinton reversed a Reagan policy which limited military raises to below the average private sector raises in order to trim money off the Defense Budget (in place from 1980-1998). Due to this policy, the pay gap rose to a record of 13.5 percent. In FY2000 the difference was down to 2.9% and remains in that range now.