[M. Dodge Thomas]

The family unfriendly, low paying (until recently), military always managed to find plenty of conservatives to devote their lives to it.

Well... for one thing, you don't spend your first 8-10 years in the military paying your own room and board.

Or find yourself 60-100K in debt to pay for your training upon involuntary separation.

[ansel12]

“”Since conservatives place an especially high priority on financial security and raising a family, the academy needs to make efforts to adopt more family-friendly policies...
“As graduate school is not financially lucrative and pre-tenure faculty careers often leave little time for family. Given these demands, the career of an academic is not especially appealing to individuals who place a priority on “raising a family.”

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“Well... for one thing, you don’t spend your first 8-10 years in the military paying your own room and board.

Or find yourself 60-100K in debt to pay for your training upon involuntary separation.”

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I don’t think that that liberals getting doctorates and living the life of a PHD have traditionally had it harder than career soldiers, so I don’t get you on that.

Conservatives always managed to fill the military career needs even though it did not offer financial rewards or was conducive to raising a family.