The Best and Worst Of Our Future

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Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Worst of:

WTF Government?!?!?

The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that left 13 dead 32 injured. The Army said under the Military Code of Justice, Hasan’s salary cannot be suspended unless he is proven guilty.

If Hasan had been a civilian defense department employee, NBC 5 Investigates has learned, the Army could have suspended his pay after just seven days.

Personnel rules for most civilian government workers allow for "indefinite suspensions" in cases "when the agency has reasonable cause to believe that the employee has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed."

Meanwhile, more than three years later soldiers wounded in the mass shooting are fighting to receive the same pay and medical benefits given to those wounded in combat.

How anyone in the Administration (at any level) can say this is right, I don't know. Disgraceful.

Yeah that's messed up. Hopefully there is a quick solution to this mess and the victims get the help they deserve. It's pretty sickening to know a messed up guy like Hasan is getting paid decent money while still locked up and his victims can't even afford simple things like gas or groceries.