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Originally Posted by Johan vom Meer
This in turn causes more young men to join the army, simply for the benefits and pay offered. However, when you take all of the taxes and other such deductions into account, there still isn't a lot of money coming in, and now fathers, brothers, and sons are risking their lives because it's getting harder and harder to find good jobs. There are many other downsides of which to speak, but I will save them for later.
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I'm assuming that you've served this country and what you've said here was common talk in the barracks and on deployment. You and the guys in your Platoon sat around cleaning weapons and complained about how you wouldn't be wearing the pickle suit if there were more decent job opportunities in the civilian sector.
Am I correct?
Because for you to make these statements based on assumptions or on an article you read in Time magazine would be about retarded.
Don't misunderstand me, I'm sure that something like 0.5% of enlistees do so because of the job opportunity the military offers, and those that do usually enlist in an MOS that keeps them about as far from the fighting as someone can be in a war zone (which still isn't 100% safe, but it's not like they're kicking doors either).
But your sweeping generalization is about as knuckle-headed as the rest of your rant.