[pfflier]

He said payroll costs have risen 40 percent more than growth in the private sector.

Are you freakin' kidding me?? Even with those raises the avarage military guy still earns way less than any civilian counterpart.

[Iron Munro]

He said payroll costs have risen 40 percent more than growth in the private sector.

That's because Obama has done his best to kill growth in the private sector in the last 5 years.

Let's compare it to growth in welfare, food stamps, etc.

[glorgau]

> Even with those raises the avarage military guy still earns way less than any civilian counterpart.

Toss in clothing allowance, hazard pay, housing allowance, reup bonuses, etc. They don’t do all that bad.

[cherry]

study after study has shown that military actually make more than their civilian counterparts....not to mention the immediate 4 weeks of vacation, the bx,px, commissary and all the base facilities at huge discounts, and the housing allowance that often lets military people buy many houses and flip them.....

there's lots of reasons to hate the bammey boy and his ring of traitors, and these devastating cuts to our military...but the military along with all of govt service has gotten pretty bloated with excess....