From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Sep 05 2002 - 13:01:55 MDT
>From: CurtAdams@aol.com
>By standard economics, they're not "ridiculously" underpaid.
>Fair pay is whatever gets enough people to freely choose to
>do the job, and the current compensation is ~ adequate for that
>(actually a bit short, since they are falling short of quota).
As I said before it's not a "job" no one would do it for the
ridiculous material compensation.
>>Burger flippers make more.
>Not really. The strict money compensation might be more
>(but I don't think so - does the army really only pay $10K
>per year?) but the military provides an enormous pile
>of benefits - housing, food, clothing, insurance, training,
>and retirement- which you don't get with casual jobs
>and can rarely match even with the best benefit packages.
That's for 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Housing?
Two double bunk beds (they're isn't room for three) in a closet
with three roommates you don't choose.
Food?
Red death, green death, brown death. It's "free" because no one
would pay for it. We spent what little money we had eating
elsewhere.
Clothing?
Myth. You pay for your clothing in the military, especially initial
uniform issue. You get a ridiculous little allowance, it doesn't
pay for socks.
Insurance?
Another myth, you pay for that too.
Training?
How much military training is applicable elsewhere?
Retirement?
If you stay 20 years you get a minimum package.
I understand Curt. If it's just a job then you're not actually
missing anything right?
Brian
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