Posted on 05/08/2010 9:21:16 AM PDT by SandRat
Venezuela, N Korea, Zimbabwe etc
Its always the military that gets paid and fed.
Do you think they can keep a straight face as they write the propagandist stories?
“Similar civilian jobs?” Such as...
If true, they deserve it. Unlike the rest of the Feds they EARN their pay!
Yeah a Marine pilot gets the same as a civilian aircraft mechanic...
Our military is one of the few parts of our federal government that earns its pay check (and then some). Pay them, and cut 40% out of the rest of the bloated federal bureaucracy, and the net result will be a savings to taxpayers (as well as a sound economy and a strong country).
...We have a prize-winner of a 2012 GOP political ad.
Visualize ... "Obama CUT military pay!"
THAT resonates, n'est ce pas?
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Illegal alien.
Of course! I’d drive around in an Abrams and shoot off a Ma Deuce for FREE!
mall cop?
Nowhere cited just the generalization obfuscation.
Oui!
I heard on Fox this morning that Gates wants congress to back-off with increasing military pay and benefits, because it will leave less for future weapons systems. That should make him very popular with the troops!
include Cuba,Russia,China......
fact is, totalitarian regimes always have a loyal military willing to do its bidding IF their jobs are not only stable, but have the best pay and the best benefits compared to civilian...
the word "service" used to mean something...you gave up some of your life to "serve"....
increasingly, we are moving away from the "services" to a govt job....
those privates just starting out may not make much, but you can move up pretty regularly and combined with the 6 weeks vacation,the holidays, the base housing or housing allowance,the medical, the dental, the base services, the vacation areas where you can go......and then the pension....then the pension...at relatively young ages...
people like to say that our military or our police won't turn on us....but its already happened ...Waco...Ruby Ridge..tea party protests...
my hubby is set to get his active/guard duty pension..not much mind you....and I have a huge family allegiance to the military starting with a beloved mother and father.....but we better wake up.....
we do not want a military that is rewarded higher than civilians...we want the military to still be full of patriotic and energetic people that will support the civilian population...
Here is a proposal Mr. Webb. Cap pay raises at the rate of inflation but increase “Imminent Danger Pay†from $225 per month to $1,000 per month.
Gotta depend on years of service and which job.
My general civilian profession is probably closest to 25B (Information Technology Specialist). An E-8 with 12 years in the military matches my pay rate on the new 2010 charts. Higher pay grade or more years of service pass my usual pay rate.
But, I don’t know if 25B can actually get to E-8 or if that kind of pay rate is only available to officers. O-2 can hit my pay rate with only 3 years of service, W-4 at 2 years.
Location of civilian job also makes a difference. My area I get paid 25% to 50% less than a similar job in California, Seattle, or New York.
I love it. When was the last time this idiot Webb looked to examine federal payrolls? The fraud, waste and abuse that goes with not firing federal employees and putting up with subpar and substandard work I’m sure amounts to tens of billions of dollars a year.
Seeing as this country is going completely bankrupt anyway,there is not much of a point in discussing wage raises for anyone.
Inccidendaly I assume that Congress won’t be raising its pay.
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