The FY 2014 budget proposal includes a provision that cuts the annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for uniformed service retirees by 1 percent each year until age 62.

The cuts will have a devastating and long-lasting impact. By age 62 retirees who serve a 20 year career would lose nearly 20 percent of their retired pay.

Service members that put their life on the line in the call to duty deserve what they were promised. If congress wants to cut pay they should start with themselves of at least a 10% pay decrease.

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