Minor correction - the Army might offer UP TO $60,000 to a high school graduate who enlists in the Army in certain specialties, for periods up to SIX years.
My son has enlisted (delayed enlistment) in the Army. Although he had very high ASVAB scores, and could enter any specialty field, he wanted to go Airborne, and have a chance to be a Ranger. He signed up for 5 years, and his bonus, payable upon completion of training - is a mere $15,000.
(Yes - he could have gotten $60,000 if he had signed up for Navy - Nuclear power training, submarine duty, for a 6 year commitment - but he didn't want anything remotely resembling a desk job.)
As to the proposal to give up to $60,000 for paying off school debt .... I am totally opposed to it!!! They get too much money - without being that beneficial to society. Maybe if it came included with a "looser pays" so that frivilous lawsuits carry a certain penalt, plus other means of "policing" their profession, to return "ethics" to the legal profession - then only then it might be worth considering...
Mike
I DID say $60K when I meant $30K, sorry.
The article in the paper said that first year lawyers get a little less than $50K in the public arena (prosecuters or public defender office) while lawyers in private practice average $130 K.
Now, someday I might need a public defender (LOL), or a hot shot young prosecuiter to get the scum bag that mugged me. $10K/year is pretty cheap to keep a good one in the DA's office.
Another lawyer joke:
What do you need when a lawyer is up to his neck in cement? MORE CEMENT!!!!