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The Obama administration and the pencil-necked paper pushers at DoD think that the soldiers getting shot at and dodging IEDs have been living La Dolce Vita for too long. They're urging Congress to cut soldiers' pay and benefits, while postal workers and other gov't employees continue to earn a lot more on average. Notice no one is urging Congress to make its own cutbacks:
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/pentagon-military-pay-obama/2010/05/09/id/358485
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/pentagon-military-pay-obama/2010/05/09/id/358485