The pay and benefits of the soldiers on the fontlines of the War on Terra™ are still hanging in the balance. All the members of Congress who give lip service to the men and women in the middle-east are showing that they are as full of it as a Christmas Goose...the scheduled "pay cuts" are still slated to go into effect on the First of October (the first day of the new Federal Fiscal Year).

Then there's the loss of income many face because the military doesn't pay as much as the soldiers made in their regular jobs back home. There's uncertainty about how long the soldiers will be gone, and constant fear that a husband or wife will be harmed in the line of duty.

And now, unless Congress renews stipend increases approved in April for soldiers sent away from their families and into a war zone, many are facing a pay cut on Oct. 1.
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In April, "hostile fire" pay for soldiers in a combat zone rose from $150 to $225 per month, and "separation pay," for soldiers away from families jumped from $100 to $250 a month. Those increases are set to expire Sept. 30.
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The potential pay cut would represent about one-eighth of the income -- equal to a car payment -- for Emert, the mother of two small children whose husband, Ray, worked as an emergency medical technician for a Springfield hospital before his call-up.