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Originally Posted by ThorHammer
What you are describing is a communistic society, where everything is owned by "the people".
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Precisely my point. The military behaves as a sort of socialist/communist entity. That would make military personnel like Steve volunteer socialists. So then how can they criticize others for supporting socialist policies?
I also think it's a bit dangerous to distinguish between the people's money and the government's money. The government is supposed to be the will of the people manifested into policy. Except in the U.S., the government manifests the will of the corporate and military machine at the expense of the taxpayer.
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Originally Posted by ThorHammer
Steve probably (like myself) doesn't believe in giving people something for nothing, which is what you are suggesting. As I have said before, military members perform a service, and are compensated for that service just like any other working citizen. Different companies offer different pay and different benefits; the US Government is no different when it comes to their employees.
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I am not suggesting giving people something for nothing. The average civilian is expected to work and pay taxes so that the government can exist. The government and the military demand that they be finance by working civilians.
The fact remains, that working civilians pay into the system for years. Asking to receive the same benefits, albeit temporarily, in return while they happen to be struggling is only asking for the same benefits that the government affords itself. Except that the government spends everyone else's money and their benefits are permanent.