Well, with the first, the expectation to pay allegedly comes from an allotment that these soldiers are given (24 dollars or 16 dollars a day or something like that) specifically to cover meals. Instead of taking the allotment away and providing free meals, the Army charges the same amount as the allotment..
On the face of it yeah, I agree that it seems fair. The soldiers get a "basic subsistence allowance" of $8.10 per day to cover their meals. They don't have to pay for their meals while in the hospital so the Army is simply asking them to return that money.
What bugs me about it is that Bush wants to send $87 billion to help rebuild Iraq and the Army is quibbling about $324 per day (according to a spokesman for Walter Reed Hospital)? Surely the public relations value of letting them keep the money is worth that amount.
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That sounds fair to me.
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What bugs me about it is that Bush wants to send $87 billion to help rebuild Iraq and the Army is quibbling about $324 per day (according to a spokesman for Walter Reed Hospital)? Surely the public relations value of letting them keep the money is worth that amount.
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