{"id":1650647,"date":"2022-09-21T08:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650647"},"modified":"2022-09-21T08:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T12:22:28","slug":"newt-gingrich-greater-danger-means-less-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-greater-danger-means-less-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich: Greater Danger Means Less Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewt-gingrich-greater-danger-means-less-pay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1650647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>If you audit Americans to get more money for the politicians to spend, Joe Biden loves you. If you risk your life to defend America, Joe Biden does not even have the time to pretend to care.<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gingrich360.com\/newt-gingrich-feature-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><strong>Newt Gingrich<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When President Joe Biden and the Democrats proposed hiring 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service agents (but no new Border Patrol agents) it was a pretty good indication that they were more interested in policing Americans than stopping illegal immigration and securing the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But if you look a little deeper, you find that this pattern repeats. They are more interested in auditing Americans than defending us beyond our borders, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The salary of the proposed IRS agents (they currently average $73,257 a year with benefits) attracted the attention of a friend of mine who pointed out how little we pay basic enlisted military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When I checked, I discovered the entry-level basic pay for the military is $21,996. That means an average new IRS agent earns more than triple what an entry level soldier, sailor, airman, guardian, or marine earns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Military personnel sign up to risk their lives and defend our country. IRS agents sign up to audit the American people and find more money for politicians to spend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Greater danger means less pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The trend toward underpaying the military has been growing as salaries have failed to keep up with inflation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Wesley Smith of the American Center for Law and Justice wrote:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Administration has recommended a 4.6% pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2022\/06\/07\/house-lawmakers-eye-46-pay-raise-for-troops-in-2023-study-of-potential-military-pay-reforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">increase<\/span><\/a> for members of the military. With inflation hovering between 8 and 9%, these young service members are basically receiving a 4 to 5% decrease in pay\u2014a decrease in pay as everything from food to fuel to clothes to school supplies continues to increase in cost. Since January 2021, military members have received a 3% pay raise (2021), a 2.7% pay raise (2022) and the projected 4.6% raise for next year.\u00a0None of these increases match inflation rates over the same time period.\u00a0Over the last three years, members of our military have faced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/inflation-catches-the-pentagon-flat-footed-army-paychecks-food-stamps-defense-department-budget-ppi-troops-11662405897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real <span class=\"s1\">pay cut<\/span><\/a> of 12.5%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In fact, as the purchasing power of military salaries has declined, more and more of our defenders are going on food stamps. According to a 2019 report from the Government Accountability Office, more than 22,000 active-duty troops used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/paycheck-chronicles\/2014\/02\/18\/military-and-food-stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">food stamp<\/span><\/a> program in that year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The U.S. Army has admitted it has a problem. Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston offered soldiers this guidance:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWith inflation affecting everything from gas prices to groceries to rent, some Soldiers and their families are finding it harder to get by on the budgets they\u2019ve set and used before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Biden thinks $10,000 to $20,000 per student for loan forgiveness is fine \u2013 but not one extra cent for our military members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Democrats have found hundreds of billions for their pet projects, but they can\u2019t find any extra money to help the military catch up with Biden\u2019s inflation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced in August that the Army would only make 52 percent of its recruiting goal for the fiscal year. That is the cost of neglect, cheapness, and trying to create a woke military. And it threatens our national security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Of course, President Biden has been the most anti-military President since Jimmy Carter. His indifference to the military was captured when he impatiently kept checking his watch during the return of the 13 dead young Americans who had been killed during his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His priorities are pretty clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you audit Americans to get more money for the politicians to spend, Biden loves you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you risk your life to defend America, Biden does not even have the time to pretend to care.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background is-style-wide\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"h-newt-s-latest-articles\">Newt\u2019s Latest Articles:<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity alignwide\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"h-newt-s-latest-podcasts\">Newt\u2019s Latest Podcasts:<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"h-pre-order-newt-s-latest-book\">Get<strong> Newt\u2019s Latest Book:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you audit Americans to get more money for the politicians to spend, Joe Biden loves you. 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