"For doing my job you're going to bill me?"

Ahhh, more quality treatment for our veterans:

WCBS:

Former Army Specialist Rodriguez started getting bills for $700 for lost or damaged government property this summer. Although he was discharged some four years ago, bills recently arrived demanding payment, but giving no details on what or why -- nor do they offer a way to dispute the charges.

And he's not alone. A 2006 government report found more than 1,000 soldiers being billed a total of $1.5 million. And while fighting overseas put their lives on the line, this battle on paper could cost them their future by ruining their credit. Rodriguez will be reported to credit agencies next month.

"It makes a terrible point about the nature of military service today," citizen soldier Tod Ensign said.

Ensign is a veteran's advocate. He says this is all part of the military’s push to be run more like a business.

"They'll just pound him and call him, call his employers, and make his life as miserable as they can until he pays up," Ensign said.

Testimony before Congress detailed in a report found that "although unit commanders and finance offices are authorized to write off debts for lost and damaged equipment ... they have not always done so."

Ummmm, What the fuck is that all about? If there is anything that can be classified as the 'cost of war' it's lost and damaged equipment, never mind the human costs...

Excuse me--numb fuck, stone brained looking for any angle to squeeze a buck from any potential source military beaurocrats:

IT'S FUCKING WAR. SHIT GETS BLOWN THE FUCK UP. FUCKING DEAL WITH IT. IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT, DON'T GET INTO A WAR!!

Of course, we know how receptive these folks are to common sense and logic now, don't we?

What's next? Billing widows or parentless children for the cost of a dead soldier's uniform and equipment they had on when they were killed? Maybe billing a Hummer driver's widow for the cost of the vehicle since it was damaged beyond repair by an IED or EFP?

I'm going to stop now before the wrong person stumbles upon this and thinks it's a grand idea and should be implemented yesterday...