AP: Bush gives U.S. military 3.5 percent increase

I am not a fan of pay raises in government, with some notable exceptions. The most prominent of those exceptions are members of the military. They do not make enough. There are not enough benefits for them and their families in uniform of when they return to the world outside of the military. President Bush recently signed a bill that gives military members a 3.5 percent increase.

The military is, in many ways, the most functional part of government. Well, this was at least something positive. I suppose it isn't possible for the Federal Government to get absolutely everything wrong, regardless of how hard it tries. This must have slipped through the cracks somewhere, allowing Americans to actually benefit from American tax dollars.

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Caption: Members of the NJ Army Reserve training for deployment at Ft. Bragg, NC, in 2004.