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Congressman Anthony Weiner sounded the call for cities to be reimbursed for employees fighting in the Iraq War. Like he did last year, Weiner cites the fact that civil servants, like cops and firefighters, still get paid by the city when their military salaries are less. And since many don't send their military salaries to the city, Weiner says NYC has lost "$65.6 million since September 11, 2001," per the Sun. Weiner said, "While it is important that we honor the patriotism of those who go to serve overseas, we should realize that for every police officer that is off the streets here in New York City patrolling the streets of Fallujah or Baghdad, taxpayers are footing the bill." More info here at Weiner's website.
Weiner Wants Reimbursement for War Costs
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seniors from samuel gompers high school are trying to raise money to go to rome. these are fairly un
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Speaking as some one who was in the USAF you get paid peanuts. The salary the give is a joke and when you see private contractor over there making 1000.00 an hour it sort of makes you mad. Saying that we should be reimbursed for the money that is lost you cant blame the soliders,airmen,sailors, they don't say hey lets go to war. So I want the city to get back some of that money from the Fed and I want it now. If they can give no bid contracts to Haliburton the can give a few million to the city
if we promise to vote for Weiner, will he promise to be quiet and leave us alone?
That's a lot of math for a kid from Brooklyn.