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Old 12-24-2006, 11:29 AM   #87 (permalink)
SMEAC
Walt Kowalski
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by Lubaolong
This is the most extreme possible example in a time of war. Just from the number above, that's over $60k a year for the limited education most military members have. You still did not figure in your free health care, free food, free housing, tax benefits, and all the other extra incentives you get.

And again, for the other posters complaining about grunt work, it was your own personal choice. No one forced you to sign up for the job. You could have just as easily signed up to sit behind a desk, or not even signed up at all. This is my opinion. There is no way in hell someone with a GED shredding papers should be making more than an engineer. I'm suprised so many people are arguing otherwise.
The people you are talking about are privates, who make jack shit.

Luba you have just about managed to be called a dumb ass from every end of the SD political spectrum, but feel free to continue.
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