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I am venting somewhat now, but for all that the soldier goes through, the highest paid enlisted rank does not pay as much as the minimum pay of a union capenter, or plumber, or steel worker, or heavy equipment operator, or electrician, (the list goes on) or even as much as a garbage man is paid in San Francisco.
This is the gratitude of the fat assed civilians (tax payers) and of our government. Some of those fat assed civilians that never served a day in the military, make decisions, such as was made in the Somali operation, that costs lives, but won't make the decision to pay the soldier as much as a union carpenter.
Why won't they make that decision? Because they might have to cut out some of their favorite pork barrel spending that helps them to get re-elected, by the people in their state. Or god forbid, they might have to raise taxes, and they don't want to upset the fat assed civilians, that want the military to protect them, but are not willing to pay a bit more in taxes to provide the soldier with as much pay as a garbage man makes in San Francisco.
I think I better stop here. My heart rate is climbing and I am to old for that.
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