Value for Your Dollar

Dear Friends and Family: 

Every single tax dollar that has ever been withheld from your paychecks during your entire lifetime, and every single tax dollar withheld from the paychecks of every single person you personally know or are related to, has been spent kicking gay and lesbian American heroes out of the U.S. military.  No really.  That is what you have gotten for every dime you have ever paid in taxes.

Have a nice day.


GAO: Discharging Gays Cost Pentagon $200 Million

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government analysis says that discharging gay service members cost the Pentagon nearly $200 million from 2004 to 2009. The money went mainly to recruit and train replacements.

The Government Accountability Office report says it cost an average of $52,800 per discharge. The totals are estimates because of differences in how the military services compile and report budget data.

Congressional investigators say that of the 3,664 service members dismissed for being gay, more than 1,400 held critical jobs or spoke an important foreign language.

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