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re: BoB 5:26pm #8
Should soldiers be making more money? I think so! But that doesn’t make defense contractors inheriently EVIL. Also, some civilian contractors actually have special forces backgrounds. If I have a contractor who is an ex-SEAL or ex-Delta, has decades of experience, and knows almost all there is to know about counterterrorism and CQB ...
You’re telling me he should be making the same, or LESS, than a kid just out of basic?
Nop. GI's should be merit payed the same as they'd make as contractors, e.g. ~$30K/mo tax-free. America would never again have a war.
America may not stop its war-a-teering because it can well afford the dead & wounded bodies - it most certainly will because it can't afford the cash, depending on the ROI.
Comment Posted By Irving V Pinkus On 3.09.2007 @ 16:42