The root cause is that the DoD brass and previous Congresses have been relying on welfare to subsidize American service members salary so that they could expend these monies on different parts of the defense industry. This has caused the enlisted pay gap to become a chasm and is the antithesis of military leadership. Our junior enlisted have been taken for granted for too long and it's only exacerbated by bidenomics which is creating an inflationary environment that is crushing the entire nation. (02:01–02:11)
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Asserts that reliance on welfare has widened the enlisted pay gap.
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