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BLAST FROM THE PAST

Blast from the Past: 1979 Editorial from Mariner

Check out this Mariner editorial from 1979. Congress doesn't change much.

Federal employees who are also reservists have been sin- On several occasions in the past, a program has called for
gled out by President Carter as "double dippers." One of denial of annual reserve training pay for those reservists
the proposals in his FY 80 legislative plan would in reality and national guardsmen who are also full time federal
permit the federal employee/reservist to receive either his employees. The amount they could be paid for the period
federal salary or his military pay, whichever is greater. The of active duty for training would not exceed the amount
Carter Administration claims that this would save an esti- they would normally receive in civilian pay for that period.
mated 30 million dollars each year. Each time this plan has been put forth, the supporting

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