TODD: MARY -- MAYOR LARRY LIFE
IT IS CATCHING HEAT FOR WISHING
RESIDENTS A JOYOUS KWANZAA OVER
THE WEEKEND.
BENJAMIN: 50,000 TROOPS IN
EXPENSIVE CITIES LIKE
WASHINGTON DC SET TO LOSE HOURS
ON COST-OF-LIVING STIPENDS
MEANT TO HELP THEM PAY THEIR
BILL.
NOTHING TO LOSE, EVERYTHING TO
GAIN.
CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE IN
PENNSYLVANIA, KATHY BARNETT,
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THIS STIPEND, SPECIFIC
COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE GIVEN
TO TROOPS STATIONED IN
EXCESSIVE EXPENSIVE AREAS
INCLUDING 50 METROPOLITAN
HOUSING AREAS, CUT 21 NONMETRO
AREAS CUT.
THESE TROOPS WILL NO LONGER GET
THE STIPEND WHICH IS GIVEN WHEN
NON-HOUSING COSTS EXCEEDED% OF
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, THE
STIPEND IS ONE% SO IT WOULDN’T
HAVE COVER THEIR COSTS BUT WHAT
DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION’S TREATMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION’S TREATMENT OF
THE MILITARY?
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS?
WE CAN ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF
GRIEVANCES WE HAVE WITH THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS HOW
THEY HAVE DEALT WITH
SERVICEMEMBERS STARTING BACK TO
HIS INAUGURATION ON
JANUARY 20TH WHEN THEY BROUGHT
IN OUR SERVICEMEMBERS TO
PROTECT THEM FROM IMPENDING
INSURRECTIONIST AND WHEN THEY
WERE DONE WITH THEIR PHOTO OP
AND SERVICEMEMBERS THEY PUT
THEM INTO OPEN GARAGES AND LET
THEM FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
WE CAN LOOK AT HOW THEY EXITED
AFGHANISTAN. 13 MEMBERS OF OUR SERVICE OF
13 MEMBERS OF OUR SERVICE OF
OUR ARMED FORCES LOSING THEIR
LIVES THAT WAS COMPLETELY
UNAVOIDABLE AND YET THEY LOST
THEIR LIVES AS A DIRECT RESULT
OF THE POLICIES OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICEMEMBERS ONCE MORE
SACRIFICING PUTTING FAMILIES
OUT HERE, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SENDING THEM TO THESE EXPENSIVE CITIES, AND NOW
THESE EXPENSIVE CITIES, AND NOW
REMOVING A SMALL STIPEND AS YOU
INDICATED.
WE CAN ADD THIS TO THE LONG
LIST OF GRIEVANCES, THE COST OF
INFLATION GOING UP AND COST OF ELECTRICITY UP 33.
ELECTRICITY UP 33.
YEAR-OVER-YEAR.
BENJAMIN: WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR TROOP RECRUITMENT?
TROOP RECRUITMENT?
>> IT LOWERS IT.
AND HOW THEY IN TREATED OUR
SERVICES, LOOK AT THE CPI, THE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX,
COST-OF-LIVING IS SO MUCH
HIGHER, STIPEND ALSO SMALL,
COVERING EXPENSIVE FOOD AND
ENERGY, GAS, ALL OF WHICH ARE A
DIRECT RESULT OF FAILED
POLICIES OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
BENJAMIN: YOU MENTIONED
AFGHANISTAN, VICE PRESIDENT
HARRIS TRYING TO PASS THE BLAME
FOR THE AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL.
IS WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD
TO SAY. >> I FULLY SUPPORT THE
>> I FULLY SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT’S DECISION AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
NEGOTIATED A DEAL WITH THE
TALIBAN AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE
HAD WE BROKEN THAT AGREEMENT WE
WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE WAR
IN AFGHANISTAN.
BENJAMIN: PASSING THE BLAME AT
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
>> WHAT ELSE I DEMOCRATS GOING
TO RUN ON?
THEY CAN’T RUN ON HIGH -- THE
TREATMENT OF OUR SOLDIERS OR
HIGH ENERGY PRICES OR ANY OF
THOSE THINGS SO WHAT ELSE ARE
THEY GOING TO RUN IN EXCEPT TO
BLAME DONALD TRUMP, WHAT IS THE
COST OF THEIR FOR DECISIONS?
LOOK AROUND AT THE NATIONS
AROUND THEM.
WE HAVE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AND NOW WE DON’T.
THE ABRAHAM ACCORD.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, THEN
TEAM MEMBERS WALKING OUT OF THE
ABRAHAM ACCORD, RUSSIA AND
CHINA HAVE ENTERED INTO AN
AGREEMENT, WE HAVE IRAN FLEXING
MUSCLES.
OUR WORLD IS A LESS SAFER WORLD
AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE BIDEN
HARRIS ADMINISTRATION.
NONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
CONTINUING WITH OR AS A RESULT
OF NATURAL OCCURRENCES, DIRECT RESULT OF INFERIOR LEADERSHIP
RESULT OF INFERIOR LEADERSHIP
OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.
BENJAMIN: THANK YOU FOR JOINING