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Originally Posted by MattLarson
So would you say you are employed by the porn industry, or "subsidized" by it?
My employer pays for my ongoing training. They pay my health care and my salary. Am I "subsidized" by my private-sector employer?
I think the problem here is that you are misusing the word "free". As a member of the armed forces, Steve had to perform certain job functions in return for the benefits he received. In other words, he was employed by the military.
Matt
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The military hasn't defended the country since ww2, which denies the word employment. Standing by in case of war under contract and being subsidized by the public to do so is not a circumstance comparable to the private sector. The parallel would be identifying a welfare recipient adhering to civil obedience while receiving 100% public subsidy including training or retraining as employed. Both are on the public teat, neither makes any societal economic contribution. Yet some of us deny health care to children being publicly funded because they're not deserving? That's quite a value system.