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Jim Fausone
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There is no end to the mischief Congress<\/a> can get itself into.\u00a0 It did little to assist veterans in 2013 and I have written about that earlier in the month.\u00a0 In a last minute budget deal, the Congress and President have a budget law that punishes retirees from the military.\u00a0 “The deal Obama signed includes a provision that would pare down annual cost of living increases in benefits for military retirees under age 62, saving the government an estimated $6.3 billion over a decade.”\u00a0\u00a0 On the theory that younger retirees have the chance to work in the private sector, the budget team isolated these \u201cyounger\u201d retirees and stripped out COLA from their pensions.\u00a0 These folks put in their 20\u201330 years and now get a point shaving game run on them.<\/p>\n Congress does not treat all retirees this way.\u00a0 It is not stopping COLA<\/a> for all similar situated people or (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jim Fausone Veteran Disability Lawyer There is no end to the mischief Congress can get itself into.\u00a0 It did little to assist veterans in 2013 and I have written about that earlier in the month.\u00a0 In a last minute…<\/span><\/p>\n