Defense Secretary Austin's salary cut to $1 under GOP budget plan

[Eugene]

Source: Military Times

Defense Secretary Austin’s salary cut to $1 under GOP budget plan

By Leo Shane III and Bryant Harris
Sep 27, 02:08 PM

House Republicans on Wednesday approved a measure to slash Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s salary from more than $221,000 annually to less than $1, based on their dissatisfaction with his work so far.

The move has little chance of becoming law, but underscores the growing animosity between conservatives and military leaders reporting to President Joe Biden. House Democrats dismissed the move as little more than a political stunt.

As part of debate on the fiscal 2024 defense appropriations bill, GOP lawmakers approved multiple similar proposals to cut salaries for Defense Department positions they dislike.

The Pentagon’s director of diversity and inclusion, the head of the department’s equity and inclusion office, the military’s chief diversity officer, and the assistant secretary of defense for readiness — a transgender woman — were all targeted with amendments that would trim their annual salary to less than $1.

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Read more: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2023/09/27/secdef-austins-salary-cut-to-1-under-gop-budget-plan/

[brer cat]

1. They are such children.

[FalloutShelter]

2. Fuck these fucking fuckwits!

Yeah… I’m out of words.

[enough]

3. It's all about vendetta for them. Scoring weird points matters more to them than

a functioning US military.

[Deuxcents]

4. Their salaries should be forfeited because they're not doing their job.

[Srkdqltr]

5. So his pay really isn't cut? Why does the title say that? Come on folks let's be clearer.

[Eugene]

8. Congress has the power to do it, but passing it into law is the hard part.

DOA in the Senate. Veto bait for the President.

[Srkdqltr]

9. So his pay really isn't cut? Why does the title say that? Come on folks let's be clearer.

[Eugene]

10. It should be clear enough. It's a the proposed military budget.

The cuts will happen if the Repubs are allowed to get away with this stunt.

It's not law yet, but Congress has the power to set a federal employee's salary to $1.
It remains to be seen how far these unserious politicians want to take this game of chicken.

[Srkdqltr]

11. Yes the story is clear,but the title is not. Sorry I said anything.

[Enoki33]

6. They are once again reminding us

they work for Putin. Don't usually write like this, but I so dearly wish they would get the fuck to Russia and try that kind of shit there. Tired of them being an obscenity to this country.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Some of us have been saying this all along. Now everyone can clearly see it.

Who benefits from destroying the US military?

[underpants]

7. He's black

Just wanted to point that out. This bill is MTG’s baby.

[Irish_Dem]

12. I would love to see the GOP try to cut all military generals' salary and pensions to $1.

Even I am at a loss for words to describe what would happen if they tried that stunt.

[keithbvadu2]

13. They won't help our country but will do this garbage.