Bobby Snow News Today

An account of the American takeover of the Philippines, beginning with the US defeating Spain, and ending with it brutally suppressing Filipino resistance, written by Stephen Kinzer.

Your pensions? >> i feel like were being betrayed. we volunteered on the basis of a promise that is now being broken and my friends that are career soldiers dont feel like its worth staying in if the government cant keep the promises that were made to us. all the future generations are watching and theyre seeing the way were being treated. people arent going to enlist to join if they know the government isnt going to keep the promises made to us. >> bobby, how do you feel? >> i think its kind of...

>> sure. alex, we got a lot of people who work in washington on capitol hill and are in positions of power and who voted for this budget that passed last night. whats your message to them about your situation? >> i feel like theyre telling the young 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds that theyve lost their youth because theyve seen their best friends get killed and stuff like that, that its not worth it, you know. i mean, its a complete betrayal to me. they sit there and i lost both my legs on my fou...

Going to do is i might not be able to work here before long. that part-time job im doing now is going to go away to subsidize my way im getting from retirement. it will go away and then im going to be really in bad shape and not able to make it. i dont know what im going to do right now. well have to wait and see. >> they did pass it last night and it sounds like its already on the presidents desk. hell probably sign it later today and how that impacts all the vets, well have to wait and see. it...

For us to be able to try to help the state out. hes not willing to work with us. so, whether ae we do our backs against the wall. were going to keep out fighting and thats what we plan on doing. >> that thats what we are doing. >> i have a question quick from bobby snow on twitter writes, she says, don, $7.25 an hour isnt much but if we had to one month out of the year at that wage it might keep us more humble and in touch with others. what do you say to that? first, lorraine. >> well, we alread...

That is because, like she said, we -- the union did agree on a contract. and we think it was a fair contract. we were giving up some things in order for us to be able to try to help the state out, and hes not willing to work with us. so what do we do? our back is up against the wall. once you push us to the wall, were going to come out fighting. and thats what we plan on doing. >> thats what we are doing. >> i have a real quick question for you and then both of you can answer. this is from bobby...

Fair contract. we were giving up some things in order for us to be able to try to help the state out and hes not willing to work with us, so what do we do? our backs up against the wall and once you push us to the wall, were going to come out fighting and thats what we plan on doing. >> thats what we are doing. >> i have a real quick for you and both of you can answer. this is from bobby snow on twitter. she says, don, $7.25 an hour isnt much, but if we all had to work one month out of the year ...