re: Thousands of former Cali National Guardsmen forced to repay enlistment bonuses

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and because they are military who LIED for free money...you just want them to have it?

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^ That (on an individual soldier level) does not agree with this:

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Army Master Sgt. Toni Jaffe, the California Guard’s incentive manager, pleaded guilty in 2011 to filing false claims of $15.2 million and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Three officers also pleaded guilty to fraud and were put on probation after paying restitution.

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Or this:

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“It was a real sea change in how business was done,” said Col. Michael S. Piazzoni, a California Guard official in Sacramento who oversaw the audits. “The system paid everybody up front, and then we spent the next five years figuring out if they were eligible.”

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and because they are military who LIED for free money...you just want them to have it?

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You obviously didn't read the article.

All of you rock heads saying "they got money they weren't entitled to" do not know how recruiting works. The Army, in the form of recruiters promised these recruits x amount of money to enlist during the height of the war, whether California national guard had that money to give is in no way the recruits fault as they have no authority. They agreed to their contract in part because of the bonus, they upheld their end of the deal which in-fact qualified them for the money they received. That's how enlistment/re-enlistmeht bonuses work. It's not there fault the green suitor representing the army didn't have the money to give.