By The By... Had a bud stuck at the Pentagon relay that Greenspan used to give an annual address- you want doom and gloom? He used to say basically w/o reforms we hit an entitlement outflow vs. tax revenue inflow curve of no return in a few more fiscal years. This drastic change is in keeping w/ that idea- it'll get bad enough that the standard military active duty retirement paying out right away will be FAR TOO GOOD compared to the average worker. Sad, scary and not right. Wonder when it gets signed if there will be a bit of a stop loss, a gap between retirment date and effective date of law passage or other interesting curveball.