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2021-08-20 Afghanistan

Are American citizens actually being forced to pay for their own evacuation out of Afghanistan?

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Posted by Fred 2021-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 You guys cool with a third party out of state check?

Seriously, what a revolting shitshow.

Posted by Raj 2021-08-20 00:14|| 2021-08-20 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Guessing most Americans and other westerners are aid workers in the provinces. Suspect just getting to Kabul is near impossible right now.

Posted by Omaviper Lumumba3702 2021-08-20 00:32|| 2021-08-20 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 GOP Claudia Tenney Drafts Legislation to Ban U.S. Government from Charging Americans for Evacuation Flights

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-20 06:53|| 2021-08-20 06:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Up till 2001, soldiers hospitalized were charged for their meals. The rationale was they derive a separate rations allowance* and the government was being reimbursed, something left over for generations.

*housing and rations allowances are separate from 'base' pay because retirement is calculated based upon base pay and the government is a skinflint when it comes to compensation unless its graft for their buddies. Oh, an until recently retirement pay was calculated as a 'benefit' for compensation. Now they deduct from the service members pay for it (along with FICA - social security/medicare).

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-20 09:06|| 2021-08-20 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Of course they are. You think the US government cares about its citizens? At best they are an unwanted chore, at worst they are a threat.

Trillions for defense, but not one cent for Americans.

Posted by Knuckles Slererong5344 2021-08-20 10:29|| 2021-08-20 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Tithe ngos, civil service and war profiteers

Posted by Regular joe 2021-08-20 11:16|| 2021-08-20 11:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Half life of promises from the Biden Boyz is 0.001 femtoseconds. Back to owing the government for a ticket out of a crisis of their making (if you can make it to Kabul Airport alive).

“All passengers will need to reimburse the U.S. Government for the flight. A promissory note for the full cost of the flight, which may exceed $2000 per person, must be signed by each adult passenger before boarding,” the form stated.

Posted by Omaviper Lumumba3702 2021-08-20 21:25|| 2021-08-20 21:25|| Front Page Top

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