These are record high pay raises, they say, and I guarantee you that's going to happen again over the next several months. We're taking care of our troops. We're giving them record high pay. And it's a bunch of crap because In the midst of seven to 8% inflation and when your base pay is only $22,000 a year, a 5% increase is only about $90 a month. and that's easily swallowed up in your first trip to the gas station. So politicians can thump their chest and try to make themselves feel better about themselves. (04:19–04:30)
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Asserts that a 5% pay increase for military personnel earning $22,000 annually amounts to about $90 per month.
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