[katiedidit1]

Fact is many of the lowest entry civillains make MORE than the lowest grade military. FIRE the civillians and let the military do their jobs. Bases have clerks doing jobs and receiving benefits that are outrageous...hire the military! and in order to create more jobs in the USA..get the feds OFF the backs of big business and mom and pops. Govt is driving employers out of the country.
However, with all entitlements being slashed it will still not cure the nations fiscal ills.

[muawiyah]

Hmm ~ and the military get untaxed benefits such as meals and housing. The civilian clerks pay rent and buy their meals with after tax income.

It's probably pretty much the same at the bottom ~ was "way back when" although $90 a month really wasn't all that much.

[muawiyah]

I had a very good civilian job before going into the Army. I had an American Express Card. Even my battalion commander didn’t qualify.